Programmable Delay In Networking Optics
    1.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240333411A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18127103

    申请日:2023-03-28

    申请人: Google LLC

    IPC分类号: H04J3/06 H04Q11/00

    摘要: The technology is generally directed to programming delays in hardware already existing within fiber networks to reduce the unfairness in transmitting and receiving data. The delays may be programmed in the optics hardware after the deployment of the network. The delays may be determined based on the time it takes the networking switch to replicate data to be transmitted and/or the length of the cables. According to some examples, the delays may be programmed at either or both the egress and ingress optics hardware of a cable. The programmable delay reduces the unfairness of one destination, or end user, receiving data before another destination when the information is intended to be received synchronously.

    Subrating and multiplexing non-standard rates in ZR and ZR+ optical interfaces

    公开(公告)号:US11974079B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-30

    申请号:US17630735

    申请日:2020-07-20

    申请人: Ciena Corporation

    发明人: Sebastien Gareau

    IPC分类号: H04Q11/00 H04J14/02

    摘要: A ZR or ZR+ interface includes circuitry configured to receive one or more client signals; and circuitry configured to transmit the one or more client signals as an aggregate signal in a Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) format in one of a ZR format and a ZR+ format, including a mapping indicative of how the one or more client signals are one of multiplexed and subrated into the aggregate signal. The aggregate signal can have a rate that does not correspond to a standard Ethernet Physical Medium Dependent (PMD). The FlexE format can include a plurality of FlexE instances with at least one of the FlexE instances having calendar slots removed for a subrating application.

    Control plane for an optical network for transmitting multi-carrier data bursts with dynamic adaptation of learning sequence

    公开(公告)号:US11800264B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-24

    申请号:US16969871

    申请日:2019-02-14

    申请人: Orange

    摘要: A system for sending data in an optical network comprising a plurality of source nodes and destination nodes is disclosed. In one aspect, a source node generates, in a spectral band that is associated with it, a multi-carrier optical data signal obtained by modulation of a source signal at a source wavelength and sends it in the form of single-band data bursts that can be associated with distinct source wavelengths. A single-band data burst comprises, in addition to payload data symbols (PL), a sequence of learning symbols (TS) composed of a plurality of learning symbols. A control unit belonging to the control plane of the optical network determines, for at least one of the source nodes, instants of sending of the single-band data bursts and source wavelengths to be used for sending these single-band data bursts, as a function of a path time of the data bursts between the source node and one of the destination nodes associated with the source wavelength. The control unit also determines the size of the sequence of learning symbols (TS) of the single-band data bursts.

    DIRECTION-SWITCHABLE TRANSPONDERS
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180332375A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-11-15

    申请号:US16033081

    申请日:2018-07-11

    申请人: Facebook, Inc.

    IPC分类号: H04Q11/00

    摘要: A direction-switchable transponder of a high speed communications network, e.g., an fiber optic data communications network, is capable of dynamically reversing the data traffic flow of its various communications channels in response to a signal. The signal can specify a number of channels, a channel map, or a required bandwidth. The direction-switchable transponder can receive a signal relating to network bandwidth requirements; select, based on the received signal, one or more fiber optic channels for reversing direction of flow of network traffic; and dynamically and automatically reconfigure the selected fiber optic signal to reverse direction of flow of network traffic. By responding to asymmetric bandwidth requirements, the direction-switchable transponder uses high speed communications network lines more efficiently.