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Optical communication network system and communication method using the same

US5369516A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 7, 1993
Grant dateNov 29, 1994
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Expiry dateSep 7, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/0307
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical communication method and network system includes a base station for generating a plurality of beams having different wavelengths, an optical transmission line for transmitting the plurality of beams emitted by the base station, an optical transmitter, connected to the optical transmission line, for selecting one of the plurality of beams transmitted through the optical transmission line and modulating the selected beam in accordance with a signal to be transmitted, and an optical receiver, connected to the optical transmission line, for receiving the signal transmitted using the selected beam.

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