Dynamic intelligent bidirectional optical access communication system with object/intelligent appliance-to-object/intelligent appliance interaction

• US 20110158653A1
• Filed: 01/31/2011
• Published: 06/30/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mohammad A. Mazed
• Original Assignee: Mohammad A. Mazed
• Inventors: Mazed, Mohammad A.
• Granted Patent: US 8,548,334 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 398/140
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 3/101 Lasers provided with means to change the location from which, or the direction in which, laser radiation is emitted
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 5/0265 Intensity modulators intra-cavity modulators H01S5/0625
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 5/06256 with DBR-structure
• CPC Class Codes: H01S 5/06258 with DFB-structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/272 Star-type networks or tree-type networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/5161 Combination of different modulation schemes
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0223 Conversion to or from optical TDM
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0256 at the optical channel layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0282 WDM tree architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0005 Switch and router aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0067 Provisions for optical access or distribution networks, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON), ATM-based Passive Optical Network (A-PON), PON-Ring
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0016 using wavelength multiplexing or demultiplexing
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0032 using static wavelength routers (e.g. arrayed waveguide grating router [AWGR] )
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0064 Arbitration, scheduling or medium access control aspects

Abstract

Reduced Rayleigh backscattering effect enables a longer-reach optical access communication network-thus it eliminates significant costs. Furthermore, a wavelength to an intelligent subscriber subsystem can be dynamically varied for bandwidth on-Demand and service on-Demand. A software module renders intelligence (and context awareness) to a subscriber subsystem and an appliance. An object can sense/measure/collect/aggregate/compare/map and connect/couple/interact (via one or more or all electrical/optical/radio/electro-magnetic/sensor/bio-sensor communication network(s) within and/or to and/or from an object) with another object, an intelligent subscriber subsystem and an intelligent appliance utilizing an Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) and its subsequent versions.

A construction of a near-field communication (NFC) enabled intelligent micro-subsystem and/or intelligent appliance with key applications (e.g., an intelligent, location based and personalized social network and an intelligent, location based and personalized direct and peer-to-peer marketing) are also described.

Claims

1. An optical system, comprising:

a super node and a remote node, each optically coupled to at least one single-mode optical fiber;

the super node comprising a first subsystem and a second subsystem;

the first subsystem configured to be capable of performing at least one function, selected from the group consisting of;

(a) transmitting optical signals, (b) transmitting wavelength on-Demand, (c) delivering bandwidth on-Demand and (d) delivering service on-Demand, selected from one or more wavelengths of a first set of wavelengths; and

the second subsystem configured to be capable of performing at least one function, selected from the group consisting of;

(a) receiving optical signals, (b) receiving bursty optical signals, (c) receiving wavelength on-Demand and (d) receiving bandwidth on-Demand, selected from one or more wavelengths of a second set of wavelengths, which are offset in wavelengths with respect to the first set of wavelengths;

the remote node comprising a subscriber subsystem, wherein the subscriber subsystem is configured to be capable of performing;

at least one function, selected from the group consisting of;

(a) receiving optical signals, (b) receiving wavelength on-Demand, (c) receiving bandwidth on-Demand and (d) receiving service on-Demand, selected from one or more wavelengths of a first set of wavelengths;

at least one function, selected from the group consisting of (a) transmitting optical signals, (b) transmitting bursty optical signals, (c) transmitting wavelength on-Demand and (d) delivering bandwidth on-Demand, selected from one or more wavelengths of a second set of wavelengths, which are offset in wavelengths with respect to the first set of wavelengths; and

at least one function, selected from the group consisting of;

(a) optical wavelength processing, (b) optical wavelength reflection and (c) optical wavelength generation, selected from one or more wavelengths of a second set of wavelengths, which are offset in wavelengths with respect to the first set of wavelengths.

2. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system further comprising a local node.

3. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the super node further comprising the local node.

4. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system further comprising a transmission protocol, selected from the group consisting of:

a time division multiplexing and a broadcasting method.

5. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system further comprising a reception protocol, selected from the group consisting of:

a time division multiplexing and a broadcasting method.

6. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system further comprising an electronic circuit module, selected from the group consisting of:

a pilot-tone modulation, a burst-mode, a forward-error correction and an electronic dispersion compensation.

7. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system further comprising an optical module, selected from the group consisting of:

a laser, a photodiode, a modulator, a demodulator, a phase-to-intensity converter, an amplifier, a wavelength combiner/decombiner, an optical power combiner/decombiner, a cyclic arrayed waveguide router, a micro-electrical-mechanical-systems (MEMS) space switch, an optical switch, an optical circulator, an optical filter, an optical intensity attenuator and a dispersion-compensated single-mode optical fiber.

8. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising an optical amplifier module and an optical module, selected from the group consisting of a phase modulator, an intensity modulator, a laser and an optical intensity attenuator.

9. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising a photodiode module;

an optical circulator; and

an optical filter.

10. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising an IP address;

an Internet firewall;

a spyware; and

a software module, selected from the group consisting of; and

a user specified safety control, an in-situ diagnostics, a remote diagnostics and an authentication.

11. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising a connection module, selected from the group consisting of an electrical wire, a radio, an electro-magnetic and a sensor.

12. The optical system according to claim 11, wherein the radio module is further selected from the group consisting of:

an ultra-wideband, a millimeter wave and a software-defined.

13. The optical system according to claim 11, wherein the radio module further comprising a position module, selected from the group consisting of:

Bluetooth-enabled, Wi-Fi-enabled, GPS-enabled and an electronic compass.

14. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising an electronic module, selected from the group consisting of:

a voice processing, a video compression, a content over-IP, a video conference over-IP, a 3D video conference over-IP, a voice-to-text and a text-to-voice.

15. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising a software module, selected from the group consisting of:

a voice processing, a video compression, a content over-IP, a video conference over-IP, a 3D video conference over-IP, a voice-to-text and a text-to-voice.

16. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising an electronic module, selected from the group consisting of:

a set top box, a personal video recorder, a personal server, a time-shift and a place-shift.

17. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem further comprising a software module, selected from the group consisting of:

an intelligence rendering algorithm and a software agent.

18. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the optical system further comprising a function, selected from the group consisting of:

a context-aware and a sensor-aware.

19. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem is further configured to be capable of being coupled to a connection module, selected from the group consisting of:

an electrical wire, a radio, an electro-magnetic, a sensor and a bio-sensor to thereby provide a coupling to an object.

20. The optical system according to claim 1, wherein the subscriber subsystem is further configured to be capable of being coupled to a connection module, selected from the group consisting of:

an electrical wire, a radio, an electro-magnetic, a sensor and a bio-sensor to thereby provide a coupling to an appliance.

21. A wavelength tunable laser component comprising an electro-absorption modulator tunable section electro-optically coupled to a distributed Bragg reflection tunable section, a phase control tunable section and a distributed feedback section.

22. An object comprising an IP address, an operating system software module, a processor module coupled to a memory module, a camera module, a sensor module, a radio module, a super-capacitor module, a solar cell module and a power source module via a connection module, selected from the group consisting of:

an electrical wire, a radio, an electro-magnetic, a sensor and a bio-sensor to thereby provide a coupling of an object.

23. The object according to claim 22, wherein the sensor module further comprising a biological sensor module.

24. The object according to claim 23, wherein the object is further configured to be capable of being used on the body.

25. The object according to claim 23, wherein the object is further configured to be capable of being used in the body.

26. An appliance comprising an IP address;

an operating system software module;

an intelligence rendering software module, selected from the group consisting of an intelligence rendering algorithm and a software agent;

a biological lab-on-a-chip module; and

a processor module coupled to a memory module, a stretchable display module, a microphone module, a camera module, a sensor module, a radio module, a scanner, a near-field-communication module and a power source module via a connection module, selected from the group consisting of;

an electrical wire, a radio, an electro-magnetic, a sensor and a bio-sensor, to thereby provide a coupling of an appliance.