Optical transponder
First Claim
1. An optical transponder comprising an optical/electrical (O/E) receiver module for converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source into an electrical signal;
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
an electrical/optical (E/O) transmitter module for regenerating an egressing optical signal from said electrical signal for feeding to an optical signal destination, wherein said performance monitoring module is capable of effecting performance monitoring on the electrical signal equivalents of at least two different optical signals types each uniquely identifiable in terms of transmission protocol and bit rate, by invoking a suitable performance monitoring scheme for each different optical signal type.
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Abstract
An optical transponder capable of effecting performance monitoring on the electrical signal equivalents of at least two different optical signal types each uniquely identifiable in terms of transmission protocol and/or bit rate. The optical transponder includes an optical/electrical (O/E) receiver module for converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source into an electrical signal; a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on the electrical signal; and an electrical/optical (E/O) transmitter module for regenerating an egressing optical signal from the electrical signal for feeding to an optical signal destination.
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13 Claims
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1. An optical transponder comprising an optical/electrical (O/E) receiver module for converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source into an electrical signal;
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
an electrical/optical (E/O) transmitter module for regenerating an egressing optical signal from said electrical signal for feeding to an optical signal destination, wherein said performance monitoring module is capable of effecting performance monitoring on the electrical signal equivalents of at least two different optical signals types each uniquely identifiable in terms of transmission protocol and bit rate, by invoking a suitable performance monitoring scheme for each different optical signal type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
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4. An optical transponder comprising an optical/electrical (O/E) receiver module for converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source into an electrical signal;
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
an electrical/optical (E/O) transmitter module for regenerating an egressing optical signal from said electrical signal for feeding to an optical signal destination, wherein said performance monitoring module is capable of effecting performance monitoring on the electrical signal equivalents of at least two different optical signals types each uniquely identifiable in terms of transmission protocol and bit rate, and further comprising an electrical shunt between said O/E receiver module and said E/O transmitter module bypassing said performance monitoring module for shunting an electrical signal converted from an optical signal whose performance monitoring is not supported by said performance monitoring module therearound.
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
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5. An optical transponder comprising an optical/electrical (O/E) receiver module for converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source into an electrical signal;
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
an electrical/optical (E/O) transmitter module for regenerating an egressing optical signal from said electrical signal for feeding to an optical signal destination, wherein said performance monitoring module is capable of effecting performance monitoring on the electrical signal equivalents of at least two different optical signals types each uniquely identifiable in terms of transmission protocol and bit rate, said transponder being self-configurable with the optical signal type of the optical signal, wherein said performance monitoring module is capable of distinguishing between the electrical signal equivalents of at least two different optical signal types, and is capable of effecting performance monitoring by invoking a suitable performance monitoring scheme for each identified optical signal type. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- a performance monitoring module for effecting performance monitoring on said electrical signal; and
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