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Apparatus and a method for a regenerative network node between a first and a second link portion

US10193658B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Alcatel Lucent · FR

Inventors

Fred Buchali · Waiblingen, DE
Laurent Schmalen · Stuttgart, DE
Roman Dischler · Stuttgart, DE
Lars Dembeck · Stuttgart, DE
Andreas Leven · Gillette, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2016
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 22, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L1/0043
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Embodiments relate to an apparatus for a regenerative network node between a first and a second link portion. The apparatus comprises an input configured to receive, from the first link portion, a signal impaired by the first link portion, the signal including a data packet with a Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoded payload portion and a header portion. The apparatus comprises a signal regeneration unit configured to mitigate signal impairments of the first link portion to provide a regenerated FEC encoded payload portion. The apparatus comprises a processing unit configured to extract destination information in the data packet's header portion. If extracted destination information indicates that the data packet's destination is the regenerative network node, the data packet's regenerated FEC encoded payload portion is forwarded to a decoding unit of the regenerative network node. Else, the data packet's regenerated FEC encoded payload portion is forwarded to the second link portion.

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