Optical communications inventions 06/06

20060140625 - Optical node and optical add/drop multiplexer: The optical node connects N networks to each other (where N is an integer larger than one). Each of the N networks respectively includes a first transmission path and a second transmission path. The optical node includes a switching unit that connects the first transmission path of one network of...

20060140626 - Optical supervisory channel for high span loss optical communication systems: An optical supervisory channel includes a transmit path that propagates optical supervisory signals to a high span loss optical fiber span having an optical loss that is greater than 35 dB. A wavelength division multiplexer adds the optical supervisory signals to the high span loss optical fiber span. A second...

20060140627 - Supervising system, supervising apparatus and supervising method of supervising optical transmission line: A supervising apparatus for supervising optical transmission lines includes a first optical transmission line which transmits a signal light, a first supervisory light, and a second supervisory light; a second optical transmission line disposed opposite the first optical transmission line; a first supervisory-light transfer unit which cuts off the signal...

20060140628 - High-speed wavelength selectable optical source and method thereof: A high-speed wavelength selectable optical source and a method thereof are disclosed. The wavelength selectable optical source includes at least one optical source having a multimode oscillation spectrum, a demultiplexer and an optical switch for extracting light having a certain selected wavelength. A certain wavelength can be selected among the...

20060140629 - Optical packet processing apparatus: In an optical packet processing apparatus, an optical coupler joins optical packets transmitted through a plurality of input side optical transmission lines and outputs the joined optical packets to an output side optical transmission line. The optical packet processing apparatus has delay sections for delaying desired optical packets for each...

20060140630 - Communication systems incorporating control meshes: The method of communicating with circuitry that includes providing a woven mesh having elongated conductive elements extending in array forming directions relative to the circuitry, establishing communication sites associated with the mesh elements, located in spaced apart relation, and operating the sites via the mesh to communicate optically with the...

20060140631 - Shared multi-lambda source for wdm pon: Shared optical carrier sources for the OLT's are provided. An apparatus comprises a plurality of optical carrier generators, each optical carrier generator outputting an optical carrier at a different wavelength, an optical multiplexer operable to combine the plurality of optical carriers to form a wave division multiplexed optical carrier, and...

20060140632 - System and method for mitigating dispersion slope in an optical communication system: A system and method for mitigating dispersion slope is capable of reducing the performance impact on an optical communication system caused by dispersion slope. The system and method receives an optical signal, demultiplexes the optical signal and optically filters the demultiplexed optical signals. The optical filters may have a bandwidth...

20060140633 - Systems and methods for optical pump redundancy: These systems and methods advantageously provide redundant optical pumping for an amplification system thereby providing safeguards for optical communications. A plurality of optical pump lasers generate a plurality of initial optical signals. A plurality of splitters split the initial optical signals generated from at least one of the optical pump...

20060140634 - Led security device and system: Provided herein are embodiments of an LED security system and method. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention comprises: (a) a first device comprising means for generating light having specific wavelengths; and (b) a second device comprising: (i) a plurality of light emitting diodes capable of receiving light having specific...

20060140635 - Reflection optical system and projection display apparatus using the same: where θL: minimum angle which a light beam of pupil center forms with respect to the enlargement side image surface; θUL: difference between maximum and minimum angles which a light beam of pupil center forms with respect to the enlargement side image surface; θM1, θM2 and θM3: deviation angles of...

20060140637 - Chromatic dispersion generating apparatus: A chromatic dispersion generating apparatus of the present invention comprises a VIPA plate capable of emitting an incident light to different directions according to wavelengths, a three-dimensional mirror reflecting the light of respective wavelengths emitted from the VIPA plate at a previously set position to return them to the VIPA...

20060140636 - Optical communication system: An optical communication system has a transmitter generating a phase-modulated optical signal (Sa, Sb, . . . , Sk); a receiver for receiving the phase-modulated optical signal; an optical communication link between the transmitter section and the receiver section. The optical communication link is a dispersion-managed optical communication link having...

20060140638 - Method and apparatus for polarization-independent rf spectrum analysis of an optical source: A method and apparatus for polarization-independent RF spectrum analysis of an optical source, the apparatus including a coupler for coupling the light from an optical source under test with light from a continuous-wave (CW) laser. A nonlinear apparatus is coupled to the coupler for modulating the electric field of the...

20060140639 - Methods and apparatus for raman crosstalk reduction via idle data pattern control: Methods and apparatus are provided for reducing Raman crosstalk in a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) optical fiber transmission system that transmits a multiplex of channels. Idle data is sent over one or more of the channels of the WDM system in order to maintain the optical link when user data is not...

20060140640 - Module housing for connecting opto-electronic sub-assemblies: This disclosure generally concerns modules. In one example, a module includes a housing, a printed circuit board, and an optical subassembly. The housing has a first part and a second part, with the second part holding the printed circuit board and optical subassembly. The printed circuit board has a contact...

20060140641 - Avoiding onu laser by optical modulation and remodulation: Tuned lasers in the ONU's are eliminated in WDM PON by use of a burst mode transmission. An apparatus for communicating over a passive optical network comprises a transmitting portion operable to generate an optical signal comprising a first portion modulated with a first data signal and a second portion...

20060140642 - Eliminating onu laser for wdm pon by burst mode: Tuned lasers in the ONU's are eliminated in WDM PON by use of a burst mode transmission. An apparatus for communicating over a passive optical network comprises a transmitting portion operable to generate an optical signal comprising a first portion modulated with a first data signal and a second portion...

20060140643 - Method and apparatus for interleaved optical single sideband modulation: An optical carrier notch filter includes an optical coupler with at least first, second and third ports. The first port is configured to receive an output that includes an optical carrier and interleaved optical single sideband signals. An optical bandpass filter is coupled to a port of the optical coupler....

20060140644 - High performance, high efficiency fiber optic link for analog and rf systems: A fiber optic link is provided that is receptive of an AM RF input signal, includes an analog comparator for comparing the input signal with a triangle waveform to convert the input signal to a PWM signal. The PWM signal is converted into an optical signal, and transmitted over a...

20060140645 - High-speed, silicon-based electro-optic modulator with feedback control: An electro-optic modulator arrangement for achieving switching speeds greater than 1 Gb/s utilizes pre-emphasis pulses to accelerate the change in refractive index of the optical waveguide used to form the electro-optic modulator. In one embodiment, a feedback loop may be added to use a portion of the modulated optical output...

20060140646 - Micro-resonator, frequency filter and communication apparatus: A highly reliable micro-resonator and communication apparatus is provided in which an influence on a substrate caused by an interaction generated by an oscillation between adjacent micro-resonant elements is eliminated. The micro-resonant element includes a plurality of micro-resonant elements using a micro-mechanical oscillation provided on the same substrate, in which...

20060133803 - Method and system for shared optical protection: An optical network includes an optical ring capable of transmitting traffic in one of a plurality of wavelengths of an optical signal between a plurality of nodes. The nodes transmit a plurality of working traffic streams in a plurality of working wavelengths. In response to an interruption in a first...

20060133802 - Method and system for shared optical regeneration: An optical network includes an optical ring that is capable of transmitting, between two or more nodes, a plurality of working traffic streams that include traffic transmitted in one of a plurality of wavelengths. A node is capable of transmitting, in a first wavelength, a first protection traffic stream associated...

20060133804 - Method and apparatus for protecting optical signals within a wavelength division multiplexed environment: A system and method are provided for protecting optical signals within a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) environment. The system and method utilize a single “protection” wavelength translator device to protect up to N wavelengths. The system and method utilize N+1 wavelength translator devices in order to provide protected transport for...

20060133805 - Apparatus and method for detecting light source causing optical beat interference in subcarrier multiple access optical network: An apparatus for detecting a light source causing OBI noise in an SCMA optical network. Subcarrier power meters in the apparatus measure powers of subcarrier signals obtained by filtering a multiplexed optical signal transmitted from the subscriber terminals. A OBI power meter measures OBI noise power from an output of...

20060133806 - Passive optical network monitoring method and passive optical network: This invention relates to a method for monitoring at least one section (50) of an optical fiber link (15,16), preferably a distribution section behind a passive distribution node (10-13), of a passive Optical Network, and a passive Optical Network being designed to perform the steps of the method. The method...

20060133807 - System and method for re-using wavelengths in an optical network: A network design that reduces the number of wavelengths needed to support communications in a Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network is disclosed. Wavelengths are reused in isolated sub-networks that do not share common network paths, allowing for the reduction in cost of the WDM equipment supporting the communications in the...

20060133808 - Optical transmission system employing erbium-doped optical amplifiers and raman amplifiers: In an optical communication system that includes a transmitting terminal, a receiving terminal, and an optical transmission path optically coupling the transmitting and receiving terminals and having at least one rare-earth doped optical amplifier therein, a second optical amplifier is provided The second optical amplifier includes a first portion of...

20060133809 - Methods and apparatus for achieving multiple bit rates in passive optical networks: Systems and techniques for multiple bit rate optical data transmission. A passive optical network includes an optical line termination unit (OLT) connected to one or more optical network units (ONUs) by optical elements. The OLT is capable of performing downstream transmission to the ONUs at each of a variety of...

20060133810 - Device, system and method of transferring information over a communication network including optical media: Embodiments of the invention provide methods, devices and systems of transferring information upstream from two or more sets of user devices in a cable communication network. The system, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, may include two or more optical transmitters to transmit two or more respective light...

20060133811 - Method and system for utilizing virtual local access network addressing in optical networks: An optical network includes an optical ring, a plurality of local nodes, and a data center node. The plurality of local nodes are coupled to the optical ring and each local node is capable of receiving traffic from a local client and associating a transmitter tag with the traffic. The...

20060133812 - Apparatus for testing performance of optical transceiver: Provided is an apparatus for testing the performance of an optical transceiver by referencing various performance clocks provided by an OTU2 signal connection transceiver and an STM-64/OC-192 signal. The apparatus for testing performance of an optical transceiver includes: a transmitter/receiver reference clock selector for selecting one of various transmitter/receiver reference...

20060133813 - Inter-transceiver module communication for optimization of link between transceivers: A method for two or more optical transceivers coupled to each other by an optical link to optimize communication over the optical link. A first transceiver generates electrical data that represents an operational parameter for optimization. The transceiver then converts the electrical data into an optical signal and transmits the...

20060133814 - Optical transceiver having optical receiver with function to cancel noise originated to optical transmitter: An optical transceiver is disclosed, in which a noise attributed to the large current switching in the optical transmitter and superposed on the signal line in the optical receiver is effectively eliminated. The optical transceiver includes a noise generator and a delay circuit. The noise generator generates a compensation signal...

20060133815 - Dispersion compensation device and dispersion compensation method: A dispersion compensating fiber whose chromatic dispersion is positive and a negative dispersion compensating fiber whose chromatic dispersion is negative are prepared, and division-multiplexed optical signals, after being guided to either dispersion compensating fiber to once shift the whole wavelength band to positivity or negativity, are subjected to fine adjustment...

20060133816 - Apparatus for synchronizing clock using source synchronous clock in optical transmission system: An apparatus for synchronizing a clock using a source synchronous clock is disclosed. The apparatus includes: channel receivers for receiving a source synchronous channel; divider for dividing the source synchronous clock to a low frequency clock; selectors for selecting one of the divided source synchronous clock and a system clock...

20060133818 - Address determination circuit and optical communication system: An address determination circuit makes an address determination of an optical packet to which a destination address and a source address are assigned on a bit-by-bit basis. The address determination circuit has an optical branching section which divides the optical packet into branches, in which each of the branched optical...

20060133817 - Method and apparatus for dispersion management in optical mesh networks: A method and apparatus for dispersion management in hybrid data rate long haul mesh networks are provided. The apparatus comprises a dispersion compensator for fully compensating the residual dispersion of a fiber link in the mesh network. A de-interleaver is coupled to the dispersion compensator for de-interleaving odd and even...

20060133819 - Optical transmission module: An optical transmission module has: an optical module having an optical element and a receptacle portion; a circuit board that is electrically connected to the optical module through an electrical connection member; and a housing in which the optical module and the circuit board are placed. The optical module is...

20060133820 - Transponder assembly for use with parallel optics modules in fiber optic communications systems: A transponder assembly for use with fiber optic digital communication cables having multiple parallel optic fiber elements. The transponder assembly features a transmitter port and receiver port for connection with separate parallel optic cables for separately transmitting and receiving data and an electrical connector for connecting with computer or communication...

20060133821 - Transponder assembly for use with parallel optics modules in fiber optic communications systems: A transponder assembly for use with fiber optic digital communication cables having multiple parallel optic fiber elements. The transponder assembly features a transmitter port and receiver port for connection with separate parallel optic cables for separately transmitting and receiving data and an electrical connector for connecting with computer or communication...

20060133822 - Optical transmission system including repeatered and unrepeatered segments: A communication system including a repeatered trunk path and one or more unrepeatered branch segments coupled to the trunk path through associated submarine branching units. Each of the branch segments may be configured to carry at least the same channel capacity as the trunk path and may have a length...

20060133823 - Optical link: A system having a first optical modulator operates in a non-linear region thereof and fed by: an input radio frequency signal; and, a first optical frequency signal having a wavelength λ2. A second optical modulator operates in a linear region thereof and fed by: a fractional portion of the input...

20060133824 - Apparatus for stabilizing wavelength of optical source for optical communications: Provided is an apparatus for stabilizing a wavelength for optical communications which includes a digital control circuit unit and an analog control circuit unit to stabilize a wavelength that may be shifted at the time of driving an optical source for optical communications. The wavelength can be precisely controlled according...

20060133825 - Optical receiver: An optical signal emitted from an optical transmitter is received and converted into electrical signals by a plurality of photodetectors 12a individually. A plurality of amplifiers 13a individually amplify the electrical signals converted by the respective corresponding photodetectors 12a. A plurality of identification sections 14a individually identify multivalued digital data...

20060133826 - Adaptive receiver for apd based modules: An apparatus for protecting an optical receiver from high power optical signals is disclosed. The apparatus generally includes an optical receiver and a semiconductor optical device configured to receive optical signals and transmit the signals to the optical receiver and operable to decrease amplitude of an input signal received at...

20060133827 - Dpsk demodulator and demodulating method: A demodulator for a DPSK-modulated optical signal of bit frequency 1/T, comprises an interferometric structure (3) having an input port (1) for receiving the DPSK-modulated optical signal, an output port (8), and first and second arms (4, 5) extending from said input port (1) to said output port (8), adjustment...

20060127086 - Suppression of power transients in optically amplified links: Exemplary embodiments of the invention are drawn to a method and apparatus for the suppression of power transients in optically amplified links. A fault is detected in a first optical signal propagating in a first direction. Upon detection of the fault, a second optical signal propagating in a second direction...

20060127087 - Optical access network method, optical access network, and optical switch for optical access network: An optical access network method, an optical access network and an optical switch for an optical access network, capable of solving all the three problems in the conventional GE-PON: transmission distance problem, security problem and communication interference problem. The optical access network comprises an OLT, a plurality of ONUs and...

20060127088 - Path protection method for a wdm network and according node: In a wavelength division multiplex (WDM) optical communications network having a plurality of nodes, each of which comprises a wavelength selective optical cross-connect having a plurality of switching matrices, each switching matrix being provided for switching wavelength channels of a specific wavelength, a method of transmitting information from a start...

20060127089 - Mpls application to optical cross-connect using wavelength as a label: A label switching routing protocol for establishing a datapath as a sequence of locally unique labels in an optical communications network, is provided. A wavelength on an optical cross-connect is considered as a label, or one portion of a label. Timeslots may be assigned to designated wavelengths so as to...

20060127090 - Apparatus and method for controlling gain of optical receiver in optical communication system: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for linearly controlling the output gain of an optical receiver in an optical communication system. The gain control apparatus includes: a light-receiving device for converting an input optical signal into a current signal and outputting the current signal; a signal detection means for outputting...

20060127091 - Dynamic multicast group management and service wavelength allocation method for communication-broadcasting convergence service in wdm-pon: The present provides a method of dynamically managing multicast groups and allocating multicast service wavelengths for the highest channel efficiency. According to the present invention, the share indices of wavelengths of all multicast service groups, which employ broadcasting wavelengths and data wavelengths, are periodically ascertained on the basis of IGMP...

20060127092 - Apparatus for measuring optical beat interference noise in subcarrier multiple access optical network: An apparatus for measuring Optical Beat Interference (OBI) noise is applied to a central office in a Subcarrier Multiple Access (SCMA) optical network. The central office includes an optical receiver for converting an optical signal received through an optical fiber into an electrical signal. The OBI noise measurement apparatus includes...

20060127093 - System and method for switching channels using tunable laser diodes: A channel switching function is added to a wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) system, which is an access optical network system, and the potential transmission rate is increased by combining wide wavelength tunable lasers and a time division multiplexing (TDM) data structure and properly using the necessary optical...

20060127094 - Wavelength division multiple access central station, wavelength division multiple access user interface, and optical layer connection service method in optical network using wavelength division multiple access scheme: Provided are a wavelength division multiple access (WDMA) central station, a WDMA user interface, and an optical layer connection service method in an optical network using a WDMA scheme. The WDMA central station for an optical layer connection service in an optical network using a WDMA scheme, includes: a WDMA...

20060127095 - Circuit arrangement and methods for a remote control receiver having a photodiode: A control unit (2) of a remote control receiver sets the forward or reverse direction operating mode of the photodiode (1) as a function of the useful signal level of its output signal, and to be precise, during standby, the photovoltaic operating mode (forward mode), since in this mode no...

20060127096 - Self surveying laser transmitter: A self-surveying laser transmitter comprising a laser transmitter configured to generate at least one rotating laser beam and a radio positioning system integrated with the laser transmitter. The radio positioning system is configured to obtain the precise coordinate measurements of the laser transmitter. by utilizing the differential corrections transmitted from...

20060127097 - Utilizing a laser to securely communicate with radio frequency identification tags: A method for providing a secure communications channel for the transmission of large amounts of information between a RFID tag and a RFID reader. A laser beam is utilized to carry information and power from the RFID reader to the RFID tag. Thus, the laser beam has a dual use...

20060127098 - Optical rotary data transmission device with active termination: A device for transmitting modulated optical signals between units comprises a first unit and a second unit, the first unit being supported to be rotatable with respect to the second unit, a light guide along a circular track on the first unit, a first and a second light coupler for...

20060127099 - Chromatic dispersion compensation system and method: Dispersion compensation is provided in an optical transmission system. An optical line couples first and second transceivers, and a plurality of amplifiers coupled to the optical line are spaced throughout the optical line with variable span distances. A plurality of dispersion compensation modules include a coarse granularity fiber, a connector,...

20060127100 - Simplified signal regenerator structure: Systems and methods for reconditioning an optical signal by OE (optical-to-electrical) converting the signal, recovering clock and data information and performing 3R reconditioning to reamplify, retime and reshape the converted electrical signal, and EO converting the signal back to the optical domain while the FEC and/or Framing encoding of the...

20060127101 - Optical transmission device using a wide input dynamic range optical amplifier: Conventionally, an adjustment of an optical power level of an input Pin of an optical amplifier module is made with an optical variable attenuator. An optical coupler for measuring the optical power level of Pin and an optical variable attenuator are replaced by a variable optical coupler. The branch ratio...

20060127102 - Modulation e-field based control of a non-linear transmitter: In a method of synthesizing an optical signal, a multi-bit digital representation of a desired optical E-field is generated. The multi-bit digital representation has a resolution of N1-bits, where N1 is an integer greater than 2. At least two analog drive signals are synthesized based on the multi-bit digital representation....

20060127103 - Method and apparatus for bias and alignment control in an optical signal transmitter: A method and apparatus for controlling bias and alignment in an optical signal transmitter for providing intensity modulation and DPSK modulation to an optical signal, e.g. in an RZ-DPSK modulation format. Output power in dither signals applied to the bias signals may be detected by a low speed photodetector. One...

20060127104 - Control system for a polar optical transmitter: A method of controlling a polar optical transmitter comprising a dual-branch Mach-Zehnder (MZ) modulator driven by a pair of independent electrical drive signals. A cost function is provided which defines a relationship between a control parameter of the optical transmitter and a power level of an output optical signal generated...

20060115266 - All-optical protection signaling systems and methods in optical communication networks: All-optical system and methods of synchronizing and signaling across an optical network in order to coordinate protection schemes on an end-to-end basis. The system comprises a switch module operative to provide transparent optical protection signaling and switching in response to a failure indication and a mechanism operative to provide the...

20060115267 - Non-preemptive scheduling in network elements: A graph based on a data traffic matrix represents the occupancy of a set of virtual output queues to an optical crosspoint packet data switch. Edges in the graph are assigned to a matching in order of decreasing weight, provided that the edges do not conflict with other edges previously...

20060115268 - System and method for bypassing a faulty node in an optical network: A system and methods are provided for communicating optical signals in a multipath optical network, such as ring network architecture. The system and methods provided are operable to bypass a faulty node in the optical network under various conditions. Faulty nodes may be associated with various failures, such as equipment...

20060115269 - Passive optical network: Disclosed is a passive optical network comprising a central office including a plurality of first reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers of a quantum-dot type, each of which generates a wavelength-seeded downstream optical signal on a downstream channel of a corresponding wavelength, a plurality of optical network units each of which includes...

20060115270 - Wavelength-division multiplexing passive optical network: A wavelength-division multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) comprising a central office for generating monitor light and multiplexed downstream optical signals to be out and detecting upstream optical signals, the central office including a signal monitoring unit monitoring based on fed-back monitor light if the wavelengths of the upstream optical signals...

20060115271 - Method for operating wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network: Disclosed is a method for operating a wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) including an optical line terminal (OLT) and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs), each of which is connected to the OLT and communicates with the OLT. The method comprises the steps of transmitting a first control channel...

20060115272 - Optical code division multiplexing transmission and reception method and optical code division multiplexing transceiver: An object of the present invention is to provide an OCDM transceiver with which the reduction amount of the intensity of the correlation waveform signal is smaller than that of a conventional device of the same type in the decoding step that comprises a time gate processing step. Hence, in...

20060115273 - Wavelength multiplex transmission systems: A wavelength multiplex transmission system is provided to reduce crosstalk among wavelengths and reduce deterioration of signals. At a transmission apparatus, one input signal is differentially divided into two; each of the two is converted to an optical signal; and then they are wavelength-multiplexed and transmitted. When crosstalk is arisen...

20060115274 - Infrared (ir) communication device for motor vehicles: A motor vehicle infrared (IR) communication device (2) for an electronic fee-charging system, comprising IR transmitting and receiving elements (9) arranged in a housing (4) and oriented according to a first direction (10), which first direction (10) extends at least substantially in a vertical longitudinal plane of the motor vehicle...

20060115276 - Module command interface for an optical transceiver: An operational optical transceiver (or transmitter or receiver) configured to contain a module command interface. The optical transceiver includes at least one processor, a memory location dedicated for high level commands, and a library of microcode that control specific optical transceiver operations. A high level command is written to the...

20060115275 - Multiple rate optical transponder: A transponder is disclosed. This transponder includes a transceiver to transmit and receive optical input/output (I/O). In addition, the transponder includes a first clock source and a second clock source. The first clock source operates the transceiver at a first data rate upon receiving a select signal indicating that the...

20060115277 - Optical communication system: The present invention provides a method for reducing propagation errors in an optical communication system which includes an optical element and an optical transmission medium. In the present invention, a relative position of the optical element and an end face of the optical transmission medium, at which light emitted from...

20060115278 - Optical receiving station, optical communication system, and dispersion controlling method: The invention relates to an optical receiving station, an optical communication system, and a dispersion controlling method for precisely controlling chromatic dispersion in an optical transmission line or chromatic dispersion in an optical transmission line that varies with time. An optical receiving station is provided with a dispersion compensating section...

20060115279 - Electro-magnetic interference reduction filter for an optical transceiver: An optical transmit circuit that includes an electro-optic transducer driver and an electro-magnetic interference (“EMI”) reduction filter. The EMI reduction filter is coupled to an output terminal of the electro-optic transducer driver. This allows the EMI reduction filter to receive an electrical signal from the transducer driver. The EMI reduction...

20060115280 - Optical link bandwidth improvement: An optical receiver system includes an amplifier circuit and a compensation circuit. The amplifier circuit includes a light detector, and a transimpedance amplifier. The transimpedance amplifier produces an amplified signal. The compensation circuit includes at least one pole compensation stage that performs pole compensation on the amplified signal....