Flexible grid optical spectrum transmitter, receiver, and transceiver
First Claim
1. A flexible grid optical transmitter communicatively coupled to an optical network, the flexible optical transmitter comprising:
- a coherent optical transmitter configured to generate a signal modulated with a configured modulation format at a respective center frequency on an optical spectrum and spanning n bins about the respective center frequency, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the coherent optical transmitter is configured to tune across the optical spectrum to the respective center frequency and to use the n bins based on the configured modulation format, and wherein the n bins is an amount of the optical spectrum needed based on the configured modulation format,wherein the respective center frequency and the n bins are specified to the coherent optical transmitter by a management system for Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&
P) functions.
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Abstract
A flexible grid optical transmitter communicatively coupled to an optical network includes a coherent optical transmitter configured to generate a signal at a respective center frequency on an optical spectrum and spanning n bins about the respective center frequency, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the respective center frequency and the n bins are utilized to perform Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&P) functions. The respective center frequency and the n bins are specified to the coherent optical transmitter by a management system for the OAM&P functions. Each of the n bins can include a same arbitrary size, and the arbitrary size can be greater than or equal to 1 GHz and less than or equal to 12.5 GHz.
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17 Claims
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1. A flexible grid optical transmitter communicatively coupled to an optical network, the flexible optical transmitter comprising:
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a coherent optical transmitter configured to generate a signal modulated with a configured modulation format at a respective center frequency on an optical spectrum and spanning n bins about the respective center frequency, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the coherent optical transmitter is configured to tune across the optical spectrum to the respective center frequency and to use the n bins based on the configured modulation format, and wherein the n bins is an amount of the optical spectrum needed based on the configured modulation format, wherein the respective center frequency and the n bins are specified to the coherent optical transmitter by a management system for Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&
P) functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A flexible grid optical receiver communicatively coupled to an optical network, the flexible optical receiver comprising:
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a coherent optical receiver configured to receive a signal modulated with a configured modulation format at a respective center frequency on an optical spectrum and spanning n bins about the respective center frequency, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the coherent optical receiver is configured to tune across the optical spectrum to the respective center frequency and to select the n bins based on the configured modulation format and reject the remainder of the optical spectrum aside from the n bins, and wherein the n bins is an amount of the optical spectrum needed based on the configured modulation format, wherein the respective center frequency and the n bins are specified to the coherent optical receiver by a management system for Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&
P) functions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A flexible grid optical transceiver communicatively coupled to an optical network, the flexible optical transceiver comprising:
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a coherent optical transmitter configured to generate a transmit signal modulated with a configured modulation format at a respective center frequency on an optical spectrum and spanning n bins about the respective center frequency, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, wherein the coherent optical transmitter is configured to tune across the optical spectrum to the respective center frequency and to use the n bins based on the configured modulation format, and wherein the n bins is an amount of the optical spectrum needed based on the configured modulation format; and a coherent optical receiver configured to receive a receive signal modulated with the configured modulation format at the respective center frequency and spanning n bins about the respective center frequency, wherein the coherent optical receiver is configured to tune across the optical spectrum to the respective center frequency and to select the n bins based on the configured modulation format and reject the remainder of the optical spectrum aside from the n bins, wherein the respective center frequency and the n bins are specified to the flexible grid optical transceiver by a management system for Operations, Administration, Maintenance, and Provisioning (OAM&
P) functions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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