WO1999052232A1 - Wdm bidirectional optical transmission system improving channel spacing with interleaving - Google Patents
Wdm bidirectional optical transmission system improving channel spacing with interleavingInfo
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- the invention relates to dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems which transmit multi-channel information and can efficiently expand the transmission. 5
- DWDM dense wavelength division multiplexing
- Optical fiber communications systems are the backbone of communications networks and have been rapidly expanding in the past ten years. However, the data handling capacity of many existing systems is
- optical dense wavelength division multiplexing DWDM
- FDM frequency division multiplexing
- TDM time division multiplexing
- an electronic switch picks up the signal on each input channel in order of channel by channel at the transmitting end.
- the multiplexed signal is transmitted through a medium 2
- a DWDM system multiple optical signal channels are carried over a single optical fiber, each channel being assigned a particular optical wavelength.
- the information capacity carried by each channel is typically between 2.5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s. It is an efficient and cost effective method for increasing the capacity of existing optical fiber communication systems.
- a bidirectional DWDM system operating independently of the signal data rate and format is commercially available from Osicom, the details of which are described in United States Letters Patent Application Serial No.09/004, 984, which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- the channel spacing between adjacent channels that are be transmitted over a single optical fiber is 0.8 nano meters ("nm") and is dictated by the need to avoid cross talk and other forms of data corruption between adjacent channels; such a relatively wide channel spacing permits the combined wavelength multiplexed optical signal to be spit into its constituent single wavelength components and permits those single wavelength components to be combined into the combined wavelength multiplexed signal using relatively simple and inexpensive filter-based optical multiplexers and demultiplexers without any mechanism for reshaping or otherwise processing the individual data pulses in accordance with any predetermined data rate and format.
- optical communications system which can transmit data bidirectionally with a minimal spacing between channels (thus maximizing the number of transmission channels) at a minimal cost in terms of data loss, functionality and reliability, that is compatible with 3 existing optical components, and that is preferably independent of the data rate and format.
- the present invention provides a bidirectional optical transmission system, for transmitting unidirectional signals over an optical waveguide, comprising a first transmitter for transmitting signals in a first direction, and a second transmitter for transmitting signals in the opposite direction, each transmitter comprising a plurality of wavelength converters, each converting a different one of the unidirectional signals into a modulated optical signal centered about a different respective optical wavelength, and a respective wavelength multiplexer coupled to the wavelength converters, for combining the individual signals into a combined signal; a first receiver for receiving signals from the first transmitter and a second receiver for receiving signals from the second transmitter, each receiver comprising a wavelength demultiplexer for separating the combined signal into received optical signals, and optical receivers, each responsive to a different one of the optical signals and converting it back into its original form; and a first directional guide means for coupling the first transmitter and the second receiver to one end of the waveguide, and a second directional guide means for optically coupling the second transmitter and
- the present invention provides at least some of the first individual wavelengths of the first combined signal may be interleaved with the second individual wavelengths of said second combined signal; substantially all of the first individual wavelengths of said first combined signal may be interleaved with the second individual wavelengths of said second combined signal;
- the optical directional guide means may be optical circulators that guide essentially all of each said combined signal to a respective intended destination port;
- the optical directional guide means may be polarizers circulators that guide essentially all of each said combined signal to a respective intended destination port; each said predetermined spacing is measured from the nominal center of one 5 channel to the nominal center of an adjacent channel; the first predetermined spacing is twice said second predetermined spacing; the first predetermined spacing is 0.8 nm and said second predetermined spacing is 0.4;
- the plurality of wavelength converters further comprises a photo detector for directly converting an optical input signal into a respective electronic signal; an electronic signal amplifier, for amplifying said resulting electronic signal; a laser; and a laser driver for directly modulating the output of the
- FIG. 1 schematically depicts a bidirectional communication system with a direction guide module.
- Fig. 2 schematically depicts the direction guide in Fig. 1.
- Fig. 3 schematically depicts an alternative embodiment of the direction guide of Fig. 1 having four ports.
- Fig. 4 shows the unidirectional manner information is transmitted over an optical waveguide by prior art systems.
- Fig. 5 shows the bidirectional manner information is transmitted over an optical waveguide by the present invention.
- Fig. 1 depicts a DWDM bidirectional optical communication system 100 constructed according to the present invention.
- the bidirectional optical communications system 100 includes two stations, a first station 150 and a second station 160, connected by an optical waveguide 400.
- the first station 150 has a transmitter 110-A for receiving information- bearing input signals, such as input signal 11 , input signal 12, and input signal 1M, processing them (described below) and transmitting them across the optical waveguide 400 to the second station 160.
- the second station 160 has a receiver 120-B for processing and receiving said signals from the transmitter 110-A of the first station 150.
- the second station 160 also has a transmitter 110-B for receiving input signals, such as input signal 21 , input signal 22, and input signal 2N, processing them (described below) and transmitting them across the optical waveguide 400 to the first station 150.
- the first station 150 also has a receiver 120-A for receiving and processing said signals from the transmitter 110-B of the second station 160.
- the transmitter 110-A and the receiver 120-A of the first station 150 need not be adjacent to each other, rather they merely need both be coupled in some manner to the same end of the optical waveguide 400.
- the transmitter 110-B and the receiver 120-B of the second station 160 also need merely both be coupled in some manner to the same end of the optical waveguide 400 (i.e., the end opposite the one to which the first station 150 is coupled).
- transmitter 110-A is substantially identical to transmitter 110-B, just as receiver 120-A is substantially identical to receiver 120-B. Having a transmitter and a receiver at each station is part of the bidirectional nature of the communications system 100. Thus for ease of description, transmitter 110-A and receiver 120-B will be initially discussed.
- Transmitter 110-A can receive any number of input signals, such as input signals 11 , 12, andl M, which form the INPUT of the system.
- the 7 input signals are information-bearing signals from some outside source, such as a telecommunication system, LAN, cable television system or other source, forwarded to the bidirectional optical communications system 100 of the present invention. Some input signals are electronic while others optical.
- the bidirectional optical communications system 100 of the present invention can accommodate a mixture of optical and electronic signals, as well as all of the signals being optical or electronic.
- Optical signals are typically generated by the user's terminal equipment, such as the SONET multiplexer, available from Alcatel, Lucent, Nortel, and NEC, or the FDDI network interface, available from Osicom.
- Electronic signals are generally produced by a digital tape player or camera, such as the devices available from Sony, Hitachi, and Philips, or by fast network hubs and switches, such as those available from 3Com, Cisco, and Osicom.
- the transmitter 110-A also includes a plurality of WDM wavelength converters, such as channelizer 102-A, channelizer 104-A, and channelizer 106-A, each for receiving one electrical or optical input signal (i.e., input signals 11 , 12, and 1 M), and converting said signal to an individual modulated optical signal at a predetermined wavelength (said wavelengths are denoted as ⁇ 11 f ⁇ 12 , ⁇ 1M , ⁇ 21 , ⁇ 22 , and ⁇ 2N in Fig.1 ).
- Suitable wavelength converters can be obtained from vendors such as Lucent, Pirelli, and Ciena, while a preferred model is made by Osicom.
- Transmitter 110-A further includes a DWDM multiplexer 200-A which combines the individual modulated optical signals from the various channelizers (102-A, 104-A, 106-A) into a single combined modulated optical signal.
- DWDM multiplexers are commercially available from a number of sources, such as Hitachi, JDS Fitel, Dicon Fiberoptics, and Kaifa Technology.
- the resulting combined signal is transferred to an optical direction guide means 300-A (discussed below), which transfers the signal to the optical waveguide 400 for transmission to the second station 160.
- the second station 160 includes an optical direction guide means 300-B substantially identical to the optical direction guide means 300-A of 8 the first station 150.
- the optical direction guide means 300-B routes incoming combined signal to the receiver 120-B.
- the receiver 120-B includes a DWDM demultiplexer 500-A, which is substantially identical in structure to the DWDM multiplexer 200-A of the transmitter 110-A.
- the DWDM multiplexer 200-A differs from the DWDM demultiplexer 500-A in that the while the DWDM multiplexer 200-A has multiple inputs (each for a different channelizer) and only a single output (to the optical direction guide means 300-A), the DWDM demultiplexer 500-A has but a single input (from the optical direction guide means 300- B) and multiple outputs.
- a DWDM multiplexer 200-A can be substituted for a DWDM demultiplexer 500-A by simply reversing the inputs and outputs.
- the DWDM demultiplexer 500-A receives the incoming combined signal from the first station 150, separates out the optical signals from the various channelizers (102-A, 104-A, 106-A), and transfers each one of them to a respective optical receiver (602-A, 604-A, and 606-A), which will convert the optical signals back to their original form and format as information- bearing output signals (such as output signal 11 , output signal 12, and output signal 1 M). These output signals form the output of the system, and are transferred to appropriate receiving elements (not shown).
- the receiving elements are typically the end-user's equipment or/and testing instrument such as a receiving end of telecommunication system, LAN or cable television system, and SDH/SONET terminal / testing equipment, available from Alcatel, Lucent, Nortel, Tektronix, and NEC, or the FDDI network interface, available from 3Com, Cisco, and Osicom.
- end-user's equipment or/and testing instrument such as a receiving end of telecommunication system, LAN or cable television system, and SDH/SONET terminal / testing equipment, available from Alcatel, Lucent, Nortel, Tektronix, and NEC, or the FDDI network interface, available from 3Com, Cisco, and Osicom.
- an electronic or optical input signal 11 will be transferred to channelizer 102-A, which will convert input signal 11 to an optical signal at wavelength A 1
- the resulting individual modulated optical signal will be transferred to DWDM multiplexer 200-A, which will combine it with the resulting individual signals from the other channelizers (for example, channelizer 104-A supplying input signal 12 at wavelength ⁇ 12 and channelizer 106-A supplying input signal 1M at wavelength ⁇ 1M ).
- the 9 resulting combined modulated optical signal is transferred to the optical direction guide means 300-A which in turn transfers it to the optical waveguide 400 for transmission to the second station 160.
- the optical direction guide means 300-B directs said combined modulated optical signal to the DWDM demultiplexer 500-A which segregates the individual modulated optical signals from the individual channelizers, and passes each individual signal on to a respective optical receiver (such as optical receiver 602-A).
- Optical receivers convert the individual optical signal from a channelizer back into its original electronic or optical format.
- Optical receivers are commercially available from any number of sources, such as Hitachi, Lucent, and Mitsubishi.
- the resulting output signals (output signals 11 , 12, and 1M) are transferred to a respective receiving element (not shown).
- optical receiver 602-A receives the individual signal (originally input signal 11 ) from channelizer 102-A at wavelength ⁇ ., 1 and forms output signal 11
- optical receiver 604-A receives the individual signal (originally input signal 12) from channelizer 104-A at wavelength ⁇ 12 and forms output signal 12
- optical receiver 606-A receives the individual signal (originally input signal 1 M) from channelizer 106-A at wavelength ⁇ 1M and forms output signal 1 M.
- Signals are transmitted from transmitter 110-B to receiver 120-A in the same manner described above, except in the opposite direction.
- input signal 21 is processed by channelizer 102-B, and the resulting individual modulated optical signal at wavelength ⁇ 21 is combined with other resulting individual signals (e.g., input signals 22 and 2N processed by channelizers 104-B and 106-B) and sent via optical direction guide means 300-B, optical waveguide 400, and optical direction guide means 300-A to DWDM demultiplexer 500-B, which segregates out said individual modulated optical signals and transfers each of them to a respective optical receiver (i.e., optical receiver 602-B, 604-B or 606-B), which reconverts them to their original form and format as output signals 10
- a respective optical receiver i.e., optical receiver 602-B, 604-B or 606-B
- signals travel bidirectionally simultaneously on a single optical waveguide 400.
- Fig. 2 shows an optical direction guide means 300-A constructed according to the present invention.
- Suitable optical direction guide means in the form of optical circulators can be obtained from a number of vendors, such as E-Tek, Dicon, Kaifa, and JDS.
- the optical direction guide means can comprise mechanisms such as isolators, or polarized filters using polarization of light to determine direction.
- a regular signal splitter can be employed, splitting the signal into two components, one associated with the transmitter and one associated with the receiver, can be employed.
- the direction guide means 300-A will have at least three ports, a input port 310-A, a output port 320-A and a bidirectional port 330-A.
- each port can receive optical signal from another port and output that signal from the circulator, as well as inputting a signal into the circulator and sending that signal to another port, at same time.
- all ports are potentially bidirectional.
- Port I input port 310-A in Fig. 1
- Port II bidirectional port 330-A in Fig. 1
- Port II can receive an optical DWDM signal (with wavelength ⁇ 31 , ⁇ 32 ,..., ⁇ 3L not shown in Fig. 1) from Port III.
- Port II (bidirectional port 330-A in Fig. 1 ) can receive an optical
- DWDM signal (with wavelengths ⁇ , ⁇ 12 ⁇ 1M ) from Port I while simultaneously transmitting another optical DWDM signal (with wavelengths ⁇ 21 , ⁇ 22 ,..., ⁇ 2 ) from the optical waveguide 400 to Port III (320-A in Fig. 1).
- An optical direction guide means with more than three ports, such as direction guide 300-C (Fig. 3) may also be employed in certain applications.
- a signal from any given port is transferred to the next port in a clockwise (or counterclockwise depending upon the application) direction, unless the use has mounted a suitable reflecting device in the 11 unused port, in which case the signal is forwarded to the next port after the one with the reflection device.
- FIG. 4 shows the bandwidth allocation of a prior art unidirectional communications system.
- Signals (442, 446, 450, 454, and 458) travel only in one direction on the optical waveguide 400.
- a wide guard space between channels, such as wide guard spaces 440, 444, 448, 452, 456, and 460.
- two signals (such as signals 442 and 446) must be separated by a wide guard space (such as wide guard space 444) to provide an effective channel spacing of at least .8 nm.
- signal 442 is spaced on both sides by wide guard spaces 440 and 444.
- the extreme waveband consumed by the wide guard spaces severely limits the number of signals that may be transmitted over a single optical waveguide 400.
- adjacent signals traveling in opposite directions over an optical waveguide 400 produce significantly less cross talk and other electrostatic interference, reducing the need for the wide spacing shown in Fig. 4, and thus allowing more signals to be transmitted.
- Fig. 5 shows how the bidirectional interleaved signal channels (signal channels 404, 412, 420, 428, and 436 travel in one direction, and signal channels 408, 416, 624 and 432 travel in the opposite direction) allow many more signal channels in a single optical waveguide 400 than allowed by the prior art. Interleaving signals traveling in opposite directions allows the use of narrow guard spaces (402, 406, 410, 414, 418, 422, 426, 430, 434, and 438) resulting in an effective channel spacing of approximately 0.4 nm, half the bandwidth of the prior art spacing shown in Fig. 4. This significant reduction in channel spacing is possible because prior to a given signal reaching a demultiplexer, such as DWDM 12 demultiplexer 500-A (Fig.
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