WO2003102634A3 - Optical bypass method and architecture - Google Patents

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WO2003102634A3
WO2003102634A3 PCT/US2003/017846 US0317846W WO03102634A3 WO 2003102634 A3 WO2003102634 A3 WO 2003102634A3 US 0317846 W US0317846 W US 0317846W WO 03102634 A3 WO03102634 A3 WO 03102634A3
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optical bypass
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Marvin R Young
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    • H04J14/0204—Broadcast and select arrangements, e.g. with an optical splitter at the input before adding or dropping
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    • H04J14/0205—Select and combine arrangements, e.g. with an optical combiner at the output after adding or dropping
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    • H04J14/0201—Add-and-drop multiplexing
    • H04J14/0202—Arrangements therefor
    • H04J14/0213—Groups of channels or wave bands arrangements
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
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    • H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
    • H04J14/0221—Power control, e.g. to keep the total optical power constant
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    • H04J14/00—Optical multiplex systems
    • H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
    • H04J14/0227—Operation, administration, maintenance or provisioning [OAMP] of WDM networks, e.g. media access, routing or wavelength allocation
    • H04J14/0228—Wavelength allocation for communications one-to-all, e.g. broadcasting wavelengths
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
    • H04J14/00—Optical multiplex systems
    • H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
    • H04J14/0201—Add-and-drop multiplexing
    • H04J14/0202—Arrangements therefor
    • H04J14/021—Reconfigurable arrangements, e.g. reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers [ROADM] or tunable optical add/drop multiplexers [TOADM]
    • H04J14/0212—Reconfigurable arrangements, e.g. reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers [ROADM] or tunable optical add/drop multiplexers [TOADM] using optical switches or wavelength selective switches [WSS]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
    • H04J14/00—Optical multiplex systems
    • H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
    • H04J14/0227—Operation, administration, maintenance or provisioning [OAMP] of WDM networks, e.g. media access, routing or wavelength allocation
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04J—MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
    • H04J14/00—Optical multiplex systems
    • H04J14/02—Wavelength-division multiplex systems
    • H04J14/0278—WDM optical network architectures

Abstract

A system for bypassing a terminal site comprising a first terminal (110) and second terminal (112) where optical fiber inputs and outputs (122, 124) are coupled to the terminals via optical splitters (202, 208) and optical combiners (204, 206).
PCT/US2003/017846 2002-06-04 2003-06-04 Optical bypass method and architecture WO2003102634A2 (en)

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