摘要:
The present disclosure is directed to a transmitter arrangement 200; 400 and a method therein for transmitting a signal OB comprising a number of data streams D1, D2, D3, D4 and a number of sub-channels BP1, BP2, BP3, BP4; QP1, QP2; QA1 to a receiver 150 via a transmission link 140. The method comprises the actions of: obtaining link quality information indicative of the transmission conditions for the transmission link 140, and determining the number of sub-channels for the output signal based on obtained the transmission conditions such that the transmitted data throughput via the transmission link 140 remains the same and such that the transmitted data throughput is equally distributed between the determined number of sub-channels.
摘要:
The invention relates to a noise compensation system, configured for compensating phase noise in coherent optical communications, and to a method for compensating phase noise. The noise compensation system comprises a transmitter (1) comprising a pilot unit (5) configured for providing a pilot tone comprising a pilot spectrum, wherein the transmitter (1) is configured for transmitting an information signal comprising an information spectrum, a detecting unit (2) comprising a local oscillator lasing unit (7) configured for transmitting a local oscillator signal, wherein the detecting unit (2) is configured for combining the information signal with the local oscillator signal such that an input signal spectrum generated at an output of the detecting unit comprises an information about phase noise in the information spectrum, and a phase noise compensator (3) comprising a first branch, configured for filtering the pilot tone, and a second branch, configured for mixing the information signal with the filtered pilot tone, wherein after mixing an output signal spectrum is obtained at an output of the phase noise compensator (3) on the basis of the information about phase noise in the information spectrum such that the output signal spectrum corresponds to a phase noise compensated copy of the pilot spectrum. In this way, a noise compensation system is provided which is simple and cost-effective to realize and allows compensating phase noise in the analog domain without the need of knowledge about transmission parameters.
摘要:
The invention relates to a noise compensation system, configured for compensating phase noise in coherent optical communications, and to a method for compensating phase noise. The noise compensation system comprises a transmitter (1) comprising a pilot unit (5) configured for providing a pilot tone comprising a pilot spectrum, wherein the transmitter (1) is configured for transmitting an information signal comprising an information spectrum, a detecting unit (2) comprising a local oscillator lasing unit (7) configured for transmitting a local oscillator signal, wherein the detecting unit (2) is configured for combining the information signal with the local oscillator signal such that an input signal spectrum generated at an output of the detecting unit comprises an information about phase noise in the information spectrum, and a phase noise compensator (3) comprising a first branch, configured for filtering the pilot tone, and a second branch, configured for mixing the information signal with the filtered pilot tone, wherein after mixing an output signal spectrum is obtained at an output of the phase noise compensator (3) on the basis of the information about phase noise in the information spectrum such that the output signal spectrum corresponds to a phase noise compensated copy of the pilot spectrum. In this way, a noise compensation system is provided which is simple and cost-effective to realize and allows compensating phase noise in the analog domain without the need of knowledge about transmission parameters.
摘要:
The invention relates to an optical spectrum inverter, configured for counteracting phase distortion effects in an optical channel over a predefined frequency range, to an inverter node, configured for duplex operation in at least two wavelength channels, and to a method for counteracting phase distortion effects in an optical channel. The optical spectrum inverter comprises an optical receiver comprising a polarization diversity unit configured for polarization resolved detection, wherein the optical receiver is configured for receiving an optical input signal comprising a first wavelength span and for converting the optical input signal to an electrical signal, and an optical modulator connectable to the optical receiver and configured for modulating the electrical signal onto an optical signal, wherein the optical modulator comprises an optical filter which is configured for selecting a second wavelength span of the optical signal corresponding to an optical output side band of an inverted spectrum of the optical channel such that phase distortion effects are counteracted at least partly over the predefined frequency range. In this way, an optical spectrum inverter is provided which is simple and cost-effective to realize and allows higher optical power levels in conjunction with a higher capacity per optical channel and is also adapted for longer transmission distances.
摘要:
The invention relates to an optical spectrum inverter, configured for counteracting phase distortion effects in an optical channel over a predefined frequency range, to an inverter node, configured for duplex operation in at least two wavelength channels, and to a method for counteracting phase distortion effects in an optical channel. The optical spectrum inverter comprises an optical receiver comprising a polarization diversity unit configured for polarization resolved detection, wherein the optical receiver is configured for receiving an optical input signal comprising a first wavelength span and for converting the optical input signal to an electrical signal, and an optical modulator connectable to the optical receiver and configured for modulating the electrical signal onto an optical signal, wherein the optical modulator comprises an optical filter which is configured for selecting a second wavelength span of the optical signal corresponding to an optical output side band of an inverted spectrum of the optical channel such that phase distortion effects are counteracted at least partly over the predefined frequency range. In this way, an optical spectrum inverter is provided which is simple and cost-effective to realize and allows higher optical power levels in conjunction with a higher capacity per optical channel and is also adapted for longer transmission distances.
摘要:
An optical communications system (300, 400, 500) comprising a first transmit unit (301, 401, 402) and a first receive unit (302, 401, 402). The first transmit unit comprises an electro-optical modulator (311) for modulating one or more radio channels bearing electrical signals with a total bandwidth B by a laser signal (310) with a laser frequency fL1, and the first transmit unit also comprises a transmit filter for outgoing signals from the electro-optical modulator. The first receive unit comprises an electro-optical demodulator (313) for demodulating the one or more electrical signals received from the first transmit unit by means of a Local Oscillator, LO (312), which produces an optical signal at a second frequency fL2, and B ranges from the lower of fL1 and fL2 to the higher of fL1 and fL2.
摘要:
A communications network transport node comprising an optical add-drop multiplexer (OADM), comprising optical signal processing apparatus, electrical signal routing apparatus, and a packet switch. Each optical signal processing apparatus comprises an optical input, an optical output, optical-to-electrical (O-E) signal conversion apparatus arranged to receive input optical channel signals and to convert each into an input radio frequency (RF) modulated electrical channel signal, and electrical to optical (E-O) signal conversion apparatus arranged to receive output RF modulated electrical channel signals and to convert each into an output optical channel signal. The electrical signal routing apparatus determines which input RF modulated electrical channel signals are to be dropped, and routes these to the electrical drop outputs, and which are to be transmitted, and routes these to a selected E-O apparatus. The routing apparatus receives further electrical channel signals and routes these to a selected E-O apparatus.
摘要:
This disclosure is directed to an optical transmitter arrangement 100 and a method therein producing a first RF-signal UA1 comprising a first set of data A1 carried by a subcarrier fC1, and a second RF-signal UB1 comprising a second set of data B1 carried by the subcarrier fC1. Further producing a first transform signal H(UA1) being a Hilbert Transform of the first RF-signal UA1, and a second transform signal −H(UB1) being a Hilbert Transform of the second RF-signal UB1. In addition, modulating the optical carrier fopt with the first RF-signal UA1 and the first transform signal H(UA1), and forming a first sideband SB1 comprising the first set of data A1 at one side of the frequency f0 of the optical carrier fopt. In addition, modulating the optical carrier fopt with the second RF-signal UB1 and the second transform signal −H(UB1), and forming a second sideband SB2 comprising the second set of data B1 at the other side of the frequency f0 of the optical carrier fopt.
摘要:
An optical communications system (300, 400, 500) comprising a first transmit unit (301, 401, 402) and a first receive unit (302, 401, 402). The first transmit unit comprises an electro-optical modulator (311) for modulating one or more radio channels bearing electrical signals with a total bandwidth B by a laser signal (310) with a laser frequency fL1, and the first transmit unit also comprises a transmit filter for outgoing signals from the electro-optical modulator. The first receive unit comprises an electro-optical demodulator (313) for demodulating the one or more electrical signals received from the first transmit unit by means of a Local Oscillator, LO (312), which produces an optical signal at a second frequency fL2, and B ranges from the lower of fL1 and fL2 to the higher of fL1 and fL2.
摘要:
A suite of optical performance monitoring (OPM) methods, based on optical subcarrier multiplexing, are described by the invention. The strength of this approach lies in the simplicity of double sideband subcarrier signals and the fact that these signals travel the complete optical path with the baseband signal of interest. The subcarrier signals can be recovered using techniques described in the application and are immune to fiber dispersion induced fading.