Optical TDMA ring network with a central transmitting and receiving device
US5786913A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 31, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 28, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 31, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/083
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An optical ring network with a plurality of network elements (#1, . . . , #N) is disclosed which contains only a single laser diode (2). This laser diode (2) is controlled to produce optical pulses of constant repetition frequency. Each network element (#1, . . . , #N) includes an add-drop facility by which the optical pulses (data bits) are selectively added to or extracted from an optical data stream.
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