Advanced optical fiber communications network
First Claim
1. A fiber optic communications network comprising:
- a telecommunications central office receiving and transmitting communications and information signals;
a plurality of customer premises, each one of said customer premises having;
an intelligent interface device receiving and transmitting said communications and information signals and performing wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing of said communications and information signals, andeither one terminal device performing services requiring different bandwidth allocations or a plurality of terminal devices requiring different bandwidth allocations;
a fiber optic transmission path connecting said telecommunications central office to said intelligent interface device in said one customer premises, said telecommunications central office controllably transmitting optical signals corresponding to said communications and information signals to said one customer premises over said fiber optic transmission path and receiving optical signals from said one customer premises over said fiber optic transmission path; and
a plurality of service definition modules in the intelligent interface device of each one of said plurality of customer premises, said service definition modules controlling said wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing of said communications and information signals so as to dynamically provide said different bandwidth allocations over said fiber optic transmission path connecting said telecommunications central office to said intelligent interface device in said customer premises.
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Abstract
An advanced optical fiber communications network comprises a multimode optical fiber connection (one fiber or two) from a central office to an intelligent interface device in the subscriber'"'"'s premises. The central office includes at least a narrowband switch and a broadband switch. The narrowband switch provides voice grade telephone service routing. The broadband switch provides routing for video services and may comprise an ATM switch, an optical switch or the like. The intelligent interface device provides a connection to the optical fiber and performs two-way wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing as well as any necessary signal format conversions. The network has media access control functionality and utilizes a dynamic media access control procedure. The optical fiber loop to the subscriber'"'"'s premises has the capacity to carry at least three different wavelengths. Bandwidth on the optical fiber loop is dynamically allocated to individual services on demand, and the allocation of bandwidth includes wavelength selection as well as bit rate allocation.
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28 Claims
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1. A fiber optic communications network comprising:
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a telecommunications central office receiving and transmitting communications and information signals; a plurality of customer premises, each one of said customer premises having; an intelligent interface device receiving and transmitting said communications and information signals and performing wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing of said communications and information signals, and either one terminal device performing services requiring different bandwidth allocations or a plurality of terminal devices requiring different bandwidth allocations; a fiber optic transmission path connecting said telecommunications central office to said intelligent interface device in said one customer premises, said telecommunications central office controllably transmitting optical signals corresponding to said communications and information signals to said one customer premises over said fiber optic transmission path and receiving optical signals from said one customer premises over said fiber optic transmission path; and a plurality of service definition modules in the intelligent interface device of each one of said plurality of customer premises, said service definition modules controlling said wavelength division multiplexing and demultiplexing of said communications and information signals so as to dynamically provide said different bandwidth allocations over said fiber optic transmission path connecting said telecommunications central office to said intelligent interface device in said customer premises. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An intelligent optical interface device comprising:
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an optical transmitter and an optical receiver, connected to at least one optical fiber, for two-way conversion between optical and electrical signals; a media access controller for controlling the optical transmitter and the optical receiver so as to send and receive wavelength division multiplexed optical signals; and at least one service definition module for controlling said media access controller, wherein said at least one service definition module is responsive to signalling communications received over said optical fiber for controlling said wavelength dependent multiplexer and demultiplexer in accordance with said signalling communications. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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