System and method for operating a wideband return channel in a bi-directional optical communication system
First Claim
1. A system for operating a wideband return channel allocation in a bi-directional optical communication system, comprising:
- a first optical transmitter for transmitting a first optical signal on an optical waveguide in a first direction;
a first optical receiver for receiving said first optical signal transmitted on said optical waveguide;
a second optical transmitter for transmitting a second optical signal on said optical waveguide in a second direction, wherein said second direction is the opposite of said first direction;
a second optical receiver for receiving said second optical signal transmitted on said optical waveguide;
an optical multiplexer for multiplexing said first optical signal, said multiplexer designed to multiplex said first optical signal according to a first optical channel width; and
a demultiplexer for demultiplexing said second optical signal, said demultiplexer designed to multiplex said second optical signal according to a second optical channel width, wherein said second optical channel width is wider than said first optical channel width.
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Abstract
An inventive system capable of being utilized in environments where laser transceiver nodes may be subject to extreme temperatures. Temperature changes in the laser transceiver nodes may be compensated for by utilizing a wide wavelength channel allocation for data sent upstream from the laser transceiver nodes to the data service hub. The wavelength channel allocations for upstream data may be wider than the wavelength channel allocations for downstream data. An exemplary embodiment of the inventive system may comprise a data service hub connected to one or more laser transceiver nodes by one or more optical waveguides. Some embodiments with multiple optical waveguides are capable of practicing route redundancy. According to an exemplary embodiment of the inventive system, the optical waveguides are capable of carrying multiple optical signals at different wavelengths in order to serve a plurality of laser transceiver nodes.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for operating a wideband return channel allocation in a bi-directional optical communication system, comprising:
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a first optical transmitter for transmitting a first optical signal on an optical waveguide in a first direction;
a first optical receiver for receiving said first optical signal transmitted on said optical waveguide;
a second optical transmitter for transmitting a second optical signal on said optical waveguide in a second direction, wherein said second direction is the opposite of said first direction;
a second optical receiver for receiving said second optical signal transmitted on said optical waveguide;
an optical multiplexer for multiplexing said first optical signal, said multiplexer designed to multiplex said first optical signal according to a first optical channel width; and
a demultiplexer for demultiplexing said second optical signal, said demultiplexer designed to multiplex said second optical signal according to a second optical channel width, wherein said second optical channel width is wider than said first optical channel width. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for operating a wideband return channel allocation in a bi-directional optical communication system, comprising:
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a first optical transmitter for transmitting a first optical signal on a first optical waveguide in a first direction;
a first optical receiver for receiving said first optical signal transmitted on said first optical waveguide;
a second optical transmitter for transmitting a second optical signal on a second optical waveguide in a second direction, wherein said second direction is the opposite of said first direction;
a second optical receiver for receiving said second optical signal transmitted on said second optical waveguide;
an optical multiplexer for multiplexing said first optical signal, said multiplexer designed to multiplex said first optical signal according to a first optical channel width; and
a demultiplexer for demultiplexing said second optical signal, said demultiplexer designed to multiplex said second optical signal according to a second optical channel width, wherein said second optical channel width is wider than said first optical channel width. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for propagating a wideband return channel allocation in a bi-directional optical communication system, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a first optical signal from a first optical transmitter on an optical waveguide in a first direction;
multiplexing said first optical signal according to a first optical channel width;
transmitting a second optical signal from a second optical transmitter on said optical waveguide in a second direction, wherein said second direction is the opposite of said first direction;
demultiplexing said second optical signal according to a second optical channel width, said second optical channel width is wider than said first optical channel width. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for propagating a wideband return channel allocation in a bi-directional optical communication system, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting a first optical signal from a first optical transmitter on a first optical waveguide in a first direction;
multiplexing said first optical signal according to a first optical channel width;
transmitting a second optical signal from a second optical transmitter on a second optical waveguide in a second direction, wherein said second direction is the opposite of said first direction;
demultiplexing said second optical signal according to a second optical channel width, said second optical channel width is wider than said first optical channel width. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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