WO2001080465A2 - Optical transponder - Google Patents

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WO2001080465A2
WO2001080465A2 PCT/IL2001/000343 IL0100343W WO0180465A2 WO 2001080465 A2 WO2001080465 A2 WO 2001080465A2 IL 0100343 W IL0100343 W IL 0100343W WO 0180465 A2 WO0180465 A2 WO 0180465A2
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Oren Marmur
Joseph Arol
Ido Gur
Benny Maly
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Priority to AU2001250621A priority patent/AU2001250621A1/en
Priority to CA002406082A priority patent/CA2406082A1/en
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Priority to US10/271,770 priority patent/US20030043432A1/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
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  • the invention is in the field of optical transponders.
  • Optical ring networks include two optical fibers, one dedicated for adding and dropping working channels and the other dedicated for protection channels.
  • Optical ring networks typically include one or more so called unidirectional optical transponders for adding an optical signal to a working channel or dropping one off therefrom, so called 1X2 add direction optical transponders for adding identical optical signals to the working channel and the protection channel, and so called 2X1 drop direction optical transponders for dropping an optical signal from either the working channel or the protection channel.
  • a dual E/O transmitter module optical transponder comprising:
  • an O/E receiver module capable of converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source to an electrical signal
  • a pair of E/O transmitter modules connected in parallel and each capable of converting said electrical signal to an egressing optical signal
  • a control device for enabling one of said pair of E/O transmitter modules and disabling the other of said pair of E/O transmitter modules
  • an optical coupler coupled to said pair of E/O transmitter modules for feeding said egressing optical signal from said enabled E/O transmitter module to an optical signal destination.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a dual E/O transmitter module unidirectional optical transponder
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a dual E/O transmitter module drop direction optical transponder.
  • FIG. 1 shows a dual E/O transmitter module unidirectional optical transponder 10 including an optical to electrical (O/E) receiver module 11 coupled to an optical signal source (not shown); a field programmable gate array (FPGA) control device 12; an electrical splitter 13; an electrical selector 14 (constituting a switching element); a main path 16 extending between the splitter 13 and the selector 14 and having a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) unit 17, a demultiplexer 18, a Forward Error Correction (FEC) and Performance Monitoring (PM) unit 19, and a multiplexer 21; a bypass path 22 (constituted by an electrical shunt) extending between the splitter 13 and the selector 14; a second electrical splitter 23; a pair of E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26 connected in parallel, and an optical coupler 27 coupled to an optical signal destination (not shown).
  • O/E optical to electrical
  • FPGA field programmable gate array
  • the O/E receiver module 11 converts an ingressing optical signal to an electrical signal, and provides an optical Loss of Signal (LOS) signal to the FPGA control device 12 in the event that no optical signal is detected thereat.
  • the splitter 13 splits an electrical signal from the O/E receiver module 11 into two identical signals which are respectively fed to the main path 16 and the bypass path 22.
  • the CDR unit 17 performs clock and data recovery on an electrical signal, and provides a data Loss of Signal (LOS) signal to the FPGA control unit 11 in the event that no data signal i.e. a stream of consecutive zeros is detected thereat.
  • LOS optical Loss of Signal
  • the FEC and PM unit 19 performs forward error correction and performance monitoring on an electrical signal, and provides a data Loss of Signal (LOS) signal, a Loss of Frame (LOF) signal, a Signal Fail (SF) signal, and a Signal Degrade (SD) signal to the FPGA control device 12 as appropriate.
  • the selector 14 can feed either an electrical signal from one of the main path 16 or the bypass path 22 to the splitter 23 as determined by an SX signal from the FPGA control device 12.
  • the splitter 23 splits the electrical signal to two identical signals which are respectively fed to the E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26.
  • the E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26 are capable of being independently enabled by an TX_EN signal from the FPGA control device 12 and can each convert an electrical signal to an egressing optical signal which is fed to the optical coupler 27.
  • the E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26 provide TXJ OS signals to the FPGA control device 12 in the event that they are enabled but no optical signal is detected thereat.
  • the FPGA control unit 12 switches the selector 23 to feed electrical signals from the main path 16 to the E/O transmitter module 24, and disables the E/O transmitter module 26.
  • the FPGA control unit 12 switches the selector 23 to feed electrical signals from the main path 16 to the E/O transmitter module 24, and disables the E/O transmitter module 26.
  • an TX_LOS_l signal from the E/O transmitter module 24 it is disabled and the E/O transmitter module 26 is enabled.
  • the protection against equipment failure of the E/O transmitter module 24 by the E/O transmitter module 26 is unaffected by the position selection of the selector 23.
  • the dual E/O transmitter module optical transponder is particularly suitable for implementation as a drop direction optical transponder 30 (see Figure 2).

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Abstract

A dual E/O transmitter module optical transponder comprising an O/E receiver module capable of converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source to an electrical signal, a pair of E/O transmitter modules connected in parallel and each capable of converting said electrical signal to an egressing optical signal, a control device for enabling one of said pair of E/O transmitter modules and disabling the other of said pair of E/O transmitter modules and an optical coupler coupled to said pair of E/O transmitter modules for feeding said egressing optical signal from said enabled E/O transmitter module to an optical signal destination.

Description

Optical Transponder
Field of the Invention
The invention is in the field of optical transponders.
Background of the Invention Optical ring networks include two optical fibers, one dedicated for adding and dropping working channels and the other dedicated for protection channels. Optical ring networks typically include one or more so called unidirectional optical transponders for adding an optical signal to a working channel or dropping one off therefrom, so called 1X2 add direction optical transponders for adding identical optical signals to the working channel and the protection channel, and so called 2X1 drop direction optical transponders for dropping an optical signal from either the working channel or the protection channel.
Summary of the Invention
In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a dual E/O transmitter module optical transponder comprising:
(a) an O/E receiver module capable of converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source to an electrical signal; (b) a pair of E/O transmitter modules connected in parallel and each capable of converting said electrical signal to an egressing optical signal; (c) a control device for enabling one of said pair of E/O transmitter modules and disabling the other of said pair of E/O transmitter modules; and (d) an optical coupler coupled to said pair of E/O transmitter modules for feeding said egressing optical signal from said enabled E/O transmitter module to an optical signal destination. The present invention presents a novel solution to the problem of cessation of data transmission through a conventional unidirectional or drop direction optical transponder having only a single E/O transmitter module in the event of its equipment failure.
Brief Description of the Drawings In order to understand the invention and to see how it can be carried out in practice, preferred embodiments will now be described, by way of non-limiting examples only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which similar parts are likewise numbered, and in which:
Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a dual E/O transmitter module unidirectional optical transponder; and
Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of a dual E/O transmitter module drop direction optical transponder.
Detailed Description of the Drawings Figure 1 shows a dual E/O transmitter module unidirectional optical transponder 10 including an optical to electrical (O/E) receiver module 11 coupled to an optical signal source (not shown); a field programmable gate array (FPGA) control device 12; an electrical splitter 13; an electrical selector 14 (constituting a switching element); a main path 16 extending between the splitter 13 and the selector 14 and having a Clock and Data Recovery (CDR) unit 17, a demultiplexer 18, a Forward Error Correction (FEC) and Performance Monitoring (PM) unit 19, and a multiplexer 21; a bypass path 22 (constituted by an electrical shunt) extending between the splitter 13 and the selector 14; a second electrical splitter 23; a pair of E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26 connected in parallel, and an optical coupler 27 coupled to an optical signal destination (not shown). The O/E receiver module 11 converts an ingressing optical signal to an electrical signal, and provides an optical Loss of Signal (LOS) signal to the FPGA control device 12 in the event that no optical signal is detected thereat. The splitter 13 splits an electrical signal from the O/E receiver module 11 into two identical signals which are respectively fed to the main path 16 and the bypass path 22. The CDR unit 17 performs clock and data recovery on an electrical signal, and provides a data Loss of Signal (LOS) signal to the FPGA control unit 11 in the event that no data signal i.e. a stream of consecutive zeros is detected thereat. The FEC and PM unit 19 performs forward error correction and performance monitoring on an electrical signal, and provides a data Loss of Signal (LOS) signal, a Loss of Frame (LOF) signal, a Signal Fail (SF) signal, and a Signal Degrade (SD) signal to the FPGA control device 12 as appropriate. The selector 14 can feed either an electrical signal from one of the main path 16 or the bypass path 22 to the splitter 23 as determined by an SX signal from the FPGA control device 12. The splitter 23 splits the electrical signal to two identical signals which are respectively fed to the E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26. The E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26 are capable of being independently enabled by an TX_EN signal from the FPGA control device 12 and can each convert an electrical signal to an egressing optical signal which is fed to the optical coupler 27. The E/O transmitter modules 24 and 26 provide TXJ OS signals to the FPGA control device 12 in the event that they are enabled but no optical signal is detected thereat.
In the default mode of operation of the optical transponder 10, the FPGA control unit 12 switches the selector 23 to feed electrical signals from the main path 16 to the E/O transmitter module 24, and disables the E/O transmitter module 26. In the case of an TX_LOS_l signal from the E/O transmitter module 24, it is disabled and the E/O transmitter module 26 is enabled. The protection against equipment failure of the E/O transmitter module 24 by the E/O transmitter module 26 is unaffected by the position selection of the selector 23. While the invention has been described with respect to a limited number of embodiments, it will be appreciated that many variations, modifications, and other applications of the invention can be made within the scope of the appended claims. For example, the dual E/O transmitter module optical transponder is particularly suitable for implementation as a drop direction optical transponder 30 (see Figure 2).

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1. A dual E/O transmitter module optical transponder comprising:
(a) an O/E receiver module capable of converting an ingressing optical signal from an optical signal source to an electrical signal;
(b) a pair of E/O transmitter modules connected in parallel and each capable of converting said electrical signal to an egressing optical signal;
(c) a control device for enabling one of said pair of E/O transmitter modules and disabling the other of said pair of E/O transmitter modules; and
(d) an optical coupler coupled to said pair of E/O transmitter modules for feeding said egressing optical signal from said enabled E/O transmitter module to an optical signal destination.
The transponder according to claim 1 and further comprising a second O/E receiver module for converting a second optical signal to a second electrical signal, and a switching element for switching one of said electrical signals to said enabled E/O transmitter module.
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EP01923941A EP1277294B1 (en) 2000-04-18 2001-04-15 Optical transponder
DE60134008T DE60134008D1 (en) 2000-04-18 2001-04-15 OPTICAL TRANSPONDER
KR1020027013930A KR100785943B1 (en) 2000-04-18 2001-04-15 Optical transponder
AU2001250621A AU2001250621A1 (en) 2000-04-18 2001-04-15 Optical transponder
CA002406082A CA2406082A1 (en) 2000-04-18 2001-04-15 Optical transponder having better recovery after equipment failure
US10/271,770 US20030043432A1 (en) 2000-04-18 2002-10-17 Optical transponder
US10/994,180 US20050238361A1 (en) 2000-04-18 2004-11-22 Optical transponder with equipment failure protection

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