Optical fiber transmission system using soliton signals with wavelength division multiplexing
US6341022B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jan 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 15, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/25077
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The invention relates to an optical fiber transmission system using soliton signals with wavelength division multiplexing in which the wavelengths, &lgr;1 to &lgr;n, of the various channels of the multiplex are selected in such a manner that at least one point of the transmission system, the difference between the bit times of any two channels of the multiplex is substantially a submultiple T/N of the clock period. The invention proposes placing a synchronous modulator at said point to modulate the soliton signals at a frequency N/T which is a multiple of the soliton clock frequency 1/T. In a frequency allocation scheme that ensures that the bit times of the channels are synchronous at an interval ZR, this makes it possible to modulate all of the channels at intervals that are submultiples of ZR by using modulation frequencies that are multiples of the clock frequency.
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