Optical Transport Network

About: Optical Transport Network is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 6055 publications have been published within this topic receiving 85783 citations.

Demonstration of a 40Gb/s time and Wavelength Division Multiplexed passive optical network prototype system

Abstract: We demonstrate a TWDM-PON prototype system with 40Gb/s downstream and 10Gb/s upstream bandwidth. It supports 20km distance with a 1:512 split ratio. It also coexists with commercially deployed G-PON and XG-PON systems.

Optical network system

Abstract: An optical network system enabling confirmation of connection and tracking of wavelength paths at a high speed and a low cost without introducing any special hardware by having a wavelength path monitoring unit in an NMS give temporary change of optical power through a change generating unit to an optical signal S from an optical transmitting/receiving node, by having a change detecting unit confirm that this change of optical power has propagated through an optical transmission line and appeared at each node on the way, and confirming connections and monitoring the wavelength path while confirming the presence of the change.

Optical access communications network with a multiplexer/demultiplexer in each optical network terminating equipment

Abstract: For subscriber access, via optical fibre, to communications networks that offer various types of service by means of an optical access node (AN). The connections between the optical network terminating equipments (ONT), to which the subscribers are connected, and the access node (AN) can be made with point-to-point or point-to-multipoint fibre optic links. The links between the access node (AN) and the switching centre (CE) are made via optical fibres through which pass the lightwave signals corresponding to a number of subscribers, multiplexed together by means of wavelength division multiplexing. This network permits access to all types of communications services in which each type of service employs a reserved wavelength for its connection between the access node (AN) and the optical network terminating equipment (ONT). This reserved wavelength is fixed and depends only on the type of service.

WDM Optical communication systems with remodulators and remodulating channel selectors

Abstract: The present invention provides a WDM optical communication system with remodulators at the transmission input and remodulating channel selectors adjacent the optical receivers, providing complete control over the interfaces with optical transmission equipment. In an exemplary embodiment, the WDM system includes optical transmitters which input transmitted optical signals into optical remodulators. The optical remodulators place the information from each of the transmitted signals onto separate optical channels in the WDM system channel plan. The optical channels are multiplexed onto an optical waveguide. At the receive end, remodulating channel selectors each receive a portion of the WDM optical signal, select a particular optical channel, and place the information from the selected channel onto a newly-generated optical signal. This newly-generated optical signal is output to a receiver or to a further WDM optical system.

New transport services for next-generation SONET/SDH systems

Abstract: SONET/SDH systems have been the preferred transport technology over fiber optics for almost two decades now. Carriers have developed extensive expertise in operating, managing, and developing business models for these systems. Manufacturers' technical expertise in such systems has increased to a deep understanding of what transport over fiber is about. In short, SONET/SDH can be called a mature transport technology. Out of this mature expertise, new techniques for bettering transport over fiber services have appeared. These techniques are likely to considerably reshape the next generation of SONET/SDH systems in many aspects: new transport techniques, new transport services, new management systems and business models. We describe several new transport techniques, and discuss their impact on the creation of new transport services for next-generation SONET/SDH systems.