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7630634 Method and apparatus for managing an optical signal  
A node for managing an optical signal includes a first system optics card for providing channels to be transported over a first optical transport link and receives channels from a second optical...
7620317 Programmable loss of signal detect hardware and method  
A loss of signal assert and de-assert level programming mechanism in an optical transceiver coupled to a host computing system. A control module is connected to the host so as to receive the...
7620319 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 ),...
7613392 1:N protection in an optical terminal  
A communication network comprising at least one first terminal, at least one second terminal, a plurality of links, and at least first and second nodes. The first node is bidirectionally coupled to...
7609975 Optical transmission apparatus  
In an optical transmission apparatus controlling an optical output portion by a working optical output controller and a protection optical output controller, the optical output controllers...
7606487 Distortion measurement in optical communication systems  
The distortion component of an optical signal received from an optical transmission system, such as an all-optical system, subject to noise and amplitude distortion components, can be evaluated by...
7606488 Wavelength-division-multiplexing optical transmission system and control method thereof  
In a wavelength-division-multiplexing optical transmission system in which optical-node apparatuses that perform relay transmission of wavelength-division-multiplexed light are located at specified...
7603034 Optical identification demodulation method and system  
A telecommunications network component comprising: a processor configured to implement a method comprising: receiving an optical signal comprising at least one identification signal, the...
7599624 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...
7596314 Optical communication management systems  
An optical medium, whether inside or outside an internet/telecommunications backbone, is managed using a management signal at a wavelength which is distinct from wavelengths of service signals. A...
7587139 Optical channel power control in WDM networks  
Information about optical amplifier ASE power is propagated down a link. Each amplifier along the link can learn of the ASE power at its input and take this input ASE power into account in...
7583902 Module to module signaling utilizing amplitude modulation  
A method and apparatus configured to incorporate system data for transmission as part of or concurrently with network data. The system data may comprise communication system data for use in...
7580633 Method and device for data-flow protection of optical interface in data communication equipment  
A method for data-flow protection of an optical interface in data communication equipment includes: receiving an optical-signal from a source-neighboring device, then duplicating the received...
7580631 Optical transmission device for controlling optical level of transmission signal in optical transmission system  
An optical transmission device includes: an attenuator that attenuates an optical signal from an adjacent optical transmission device; an optical element that is arranged downstream of the...
7577356 Optical communication systems and methods of operating such optical communication systems  
An optical communication system includes a first optical device including a transmission optical switch and a controller coupled to the transmission optical switch, and a second optical device...
7567758 Transceiver module and integrated circuit with multi-rate eye openers and bypass  
A transceiver module having intergrated eye diagram opening functionality for reducing jitter is describe. The transceiver module may transmitter eye opener and a receiver eye opener integrated in...
7565079 System and method for optical network demarcation  
A system and method are presented for demarcating an optical network. The system comprises an optical monitor that receives a portion of an outbound signal from an optical network and generates a...
7561796 Optical sending apparatus, optical receiving apparatus, and optical transmission system for supervising fault information and methods thereof  
An optical transmission system for transmitting optical signals in which signals at different bit rates coexist, includes an optical sending apparatus for, when one or more faults are detected in a...
7561799 Optical path switching device  
An optical path switching device includes compact and unpackaged components; the components are mounted onto a single platform; and the components are coupled by luminous flux. Connection between...
7558479 Analysis and control of optical communications systems  
An optical communications system has a plurality of spans between a transmitter and a receiver. The receiver has optical to electrical conversion circuitry for converting the received optical...
7551852 Module to module signaling  
A method and apparatus configured to transmit module data between optic modules over a primary communication channel, such as an optic fiber configured to carry network data or outgoing data. A...
7551857 Optical transmission system  
An optical amplifier may be quickly returned from a shutdown state to a regular state after getting recovery information of a fault. Gain setting by ASE is conducted to the repeaters on the...
7548696 Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) optical receiver with distributed gain control  
A fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) system transmits forward and reverse optical signals, such as video, voice, and data signals, via optical fiber, and includes a plurality of home network units. The home...
7546035 Method for conveying management information  
The invention relates to a method for conveying management information in a WDM system from a number of wavelength converters to a central management unit, wherein a management information signal...
7542674 Optical link performance monitoring  
Systems and methods for verifying performance at an intermediate point in an optical link are provided by virtue of one embodiment of the present invention. One application is locating a fault...
7539413 Observation apparatus and observation system  
The present invention discloses a submarine observation system in which a plurality of carrier lights assigned to each submarine observation equipment is transmitted from a land terminal apparatus...
7526200 Wavelength-division multiplexing optical transmitter  
An optical transmission apparatus includes optical transmitters for transmitting optical signals and first monitor units for monitoring optical signals from the optical transmitters. A multiplexer...
7526199 Optical transmission equipment preventing malfunction in recovery from fault  
An optical transmission apparatus includes a demultiplexer for separating wavelength-division multiplexing light received from a first optical transmission line into signals of different...
7522845 WDM laser wavelength control  
A transmitter ( 11 ) emits a single wavelength optical signal and transmits this as a wavelength channel ( 13 ) in a compound multiplex signal through the WDM network. The receiver ( 12 ) selects...
7522842 Optical transmission system using Raman amplification  
A commercially viable All-Raman system, is implemented by removing the dispersion compensating Fiber (DCF) and two stage amplifier at each span, and including a transmission path dispersion...
7509438 Bi-directional line switched ring support for path trace monitoring on a protection path  
Methods and apparatus for enabling a protection path within a network to be monitored are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for sending traffic on a path within...
7509047 System and method for subcarrier modulation in ISM band as supervisory channel  
Apparatus and method for transmitting a supervisory signal for optical network applications. The apparatus includes a subcarrier transmission system configured to receive a first supervisory signal...
7502565 Circuit for filtering a laser signal  
A laser filter circuit includes an input terminal configured to receive an input laser signal and a first filter chain configured to generate a filtered signal. The first filter chain is coupled to...
7493040 Method and apparatus for securing fiber in an optical network  
A method and apparatus for securing an optical communication link includes the step of identifying a profile of the link by measuring, at the transmitter, optical back-reflections from optical...
7489865 Integrated optical communication and range finding system and applications thereof  
The present invention is directed toward systems for conducting laser range and enabling optical communication between a plurality of entities and to the application of such systems in a secure...
7486893 Dynamic optical interconnect system reference signal formation  
The disclosed technology provides a dynamic interconnection system which allows to couple a pair of optical beams carrying modulation information. In accordance with the disclosed technology, two...
7486889 Transceiver test module employing an optical wrap  
A transceiver test module and method for testing an optical transceiver. An optical wrap interconnects the optical transmitter and optical receiver of an optical transceiver. A processor system...
7477847 Optical and electrical channel feedback in optical transceiver module  
Optical transceivers have loopback and pass-through paths for diagnosing transceiver components and optical networks connected to the optical transceiver or for routing data out of the transceiver...
7474852 System for communication of video, audio, data, control or other signals over fiber  
A system for communication of signals between remote devices and monitoring and control devices via fiber. The system in accordance with one aspect of the invention includes a plurality of remote...
7471898 Device and method for optical supervisory channel framing in optical transport network system  
Disclosed is a device and method for optical supervisory channel framing in an optical transport network system including at least one of an optical transmission section, an optical multiplex...
7469102 Wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network utilizing fiber fault detectors and/or wavelength tracking components  
Various methods, systems, and apparatuses is described in which a passive-opticalnetwork includes a first multiplexer/demultiplexer, a second multiplexer/demultiplexer, a wavelength tracking...
7466923 Polarization mode dispersion compensation  
Methods and systems for PMD compensation in an optical communication system are implemented by transmitting multiple optical signals through a common optical conduit to an optical compensator that...
7466921 Drop-and-continue device  
Disclosed is a drop-and-continue device ( 84 ), provided between a signal converter ( 85 ) which supplies a signal to an end user and a wavelength-division multiplexing device ( 83 ) which...
7460785 Performance monitoring in an optical communication system  
An optical performance monitor (OPM), e.g., for use in an optical network. The OPM may be configured to characterize one or more impairments in an optical signal modulated with data. The OPM has an...
7460790 Non-linear compensation of timing jitter  
Systems and methods for compensating transitions in a data stream to account for jitter including laser jitter. Transitions in the data stream are delayed or advanced depending on the laser jitter...
7460783 Method and apparatus for dynamic provisioning of reliable connections in the presence of multiple failures  
Method and apparatus for dynamic provisioning of reliable connections in the presence of multiple failures in optical networks are described. One embodiment is a method for allocation of protection...
7457538 Digital performance monitoring for an optical communications system  
A digital performance monitoring method and system for an optical communications system utilizes a channel monitor and a digital signal processor (DSP). The channel monitor is designed to monitor a...
7457549 Sub signal modulation apparatus, sub signal demodulation apparatus, and sub signal modulation demodulation system  
A sub signal modulation apparatus, with the intention of stabilized transmission of a sub signal superimposed on main signal light irrespective of the intensity of the main signal light when used...
7457542 Optical access network system  
An optical access network system having a function of correcting upstream signal waveform distortions occurring in the PON section, wherein a central office side apparatus comprises a main...
7447432 Regulating radiation component power in wavelength division multiplexed optical communication systems  
There is provided a method of, and apparatus for, regulating radiation component (wavelength channel) power in a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical communications system ( 10 ). The...
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