Network transceiver for extending the bandwidth of optical fiber-based network infrastructure
US6944404B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 19, 2001 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2022 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/0226
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A multimode wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network transceiver and method includes a plurality of optical transmitters and a multiplexer operatively connected to each optical transmitter for receiving optical communications signals and multiplexing the signals into a multimode wavelength division multiplexed optical communications signal. A demultiplexer receives a multimode wavelength division multiplexed optical communications signal and demultiplexes the signal into a plurality of demultiplexed optical communications signals that are then received and detected within a plurality of optical receivers.
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