Multi-drop optical communication
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1. An optical communication system comprising:
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a plurality of modules, each of said modules comprising an optical transceiver, said optical transceiver being optically coupled to the optical communication fiber by a corresponding drop and configured for transmitting and/or receiving one or more optical signals via the optical communication fiber, said optical signals comprising frequency encoded data and representing a plurality of individual data streams formatted according to a plurality of different communication protocols, wherein the optical signals are frequency encoded by converting serial input data of the optical signals into parallel data in a bit-by-bit decomposition, each bit being converted to a particular frequency, the frequencies of the converted bits being shuffled into non-sequential order;
wherein optical communication is enabled among the modules via the optical communication fiber, andwherein optical communication of individual data streams formatted according to a first communication protocol of the plurality of different communication protocols is distinguished from optical communication of individual data streams formatted according to a second communication protocol of the plurality of different communication protocols using intensity modulation of the optical signals.
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Abstract
An optical communication system including an optical communication fiber and a plurality of modules. Each of the modules has an optical transceiver that is optically coupled to the optical communication fiber by a corresponding optical drop. And each of the transceivers is configured for transmitting and/or receiving one or more optical signals via the optical communication fiber. The optical signals represent a plurality of individual data streams formatted according to one or more different communication protocols. In this manner, optical communication is enabled among the modules via the optical communication fiber.
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1. An optical communication system comprising:
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an optical communication fiber; and a plurality of modules, each of said modules comprising an optical transceiver, said optical transceiver being optically coupled to the optical communication fiber by a corresponding drop and configured for transmitting and/or receiving one or more optical signals via the optical communication fiber, said optical signals comprising frequency encoded data and representing a plurality of individual data streams formatted according to a plurality of different communication protocols, wherein the optical signals are frequency encoded by converting serial input data of the optical signals into parallel data in a bit-by-bit decomposition, each bit being converted to a particular frequency, the frequencies of the converted bits being shuffled into non-sequential order; wherein optical communication is enabled among the modules via the optical communication fiber, and wherein optical communication of individual data streams formatted according to a first communication protocol of the plurality of different communication protocols is distinguished from optical communication of individual data streams formatted according to a second communication protocol of the plurality of different communication protocols using intensity modulation of the optical signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An optical communication system comprising:
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a polymer optical fiber; a first module comprising a first optical transceiver, wherein the first module transmits a first optical signal on the polymer optical fiber, said first optical signal having a first wavelength and formatted according to a first communication protocol; and a second module comprising a second optical transceiver, wherein the second module transmits a second optical signal on the polymer optical fiber, said second optical signal having a second wavelength and formatted according to a second communication protocol, wherein the second wavelength is different from the first wavelength and the second communication protocol is different from the first communication protocol, and wherein the second optical signal is distinguished from the first optical signal using intensity modulation; wherein the first and second optical signals are frequency encoded by converting serial input data of the first and second optical signals into parallel data in a bit-by-bit decomposition, each bit being converted to a particular frequency, the frequencies of the converted bits being shuffled into non-sequential order. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of communication comprising:
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transmitting a first optical signal on a first polymer optical fiber, wherein the first optical signal has a first wavelength and a first communication protocol format, and wherein the first wavelength is allocated for a first category of communication; transmitting a second optical signal on the first polymer optical fiber, wherein the second optical signal has a second wavelength different from the first wavelength and a second communication protocol format different from the first communication protocol format, and wherein the second wavelength is allocated for a second category of communication; separating the first optical signal from the second optical signal based on a difference in wavelength and communication protocol format; after separating the first optical signal from the second optical signal, receiving the first optical signal; frequency encrypting the optical signals by converting serial input data of the optical signals into parallel data in a bit-by-bit decomposition; converting each bit to a particular frequency; and shuffling the frequencies of the converted bits into non-sequential order. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An optical communication system comprising:
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a polymer optical fiber; a plurality of optical transceivers, each of said optical transceivers being configured for transmitting and/or receiving one or more optical signals via the optical fiber, said optical signals comprising frequency encoded data and representing a plurality of individual data streams each formatted according to a different communication protocol, wherein the different communication protocols are distinguished from each other by intensity modulation of the optical signals, wherein the optical signals are frequency encoded by converting serial input data of the optical signals into parallel data in a bit-by-bit decomposition, each bit being converted to a particular frequency, the frequencies of the converted bits being shuffled into non-sequential order; a plurality of optical drops for coupling the optical transceivers to the optical fiber, each of said optical drops corresponding to one of the optical transceivers; and a plurality of processors, each of said processors being configured for executing a control application to control one or more process control devices in an industrial plant and corresponding to one of the optical transceivers; wherein optical communication is enabled among the process control devices via the optical fiber.
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