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Transport system with tunable channel spacing DWDM

US6944406B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 2000
Grant dateSep 13, 2005
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/0279
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical transport system that uses tunable filters to vary the central wavelengths and spectrum widths of channels within the system to more efficiently use the bandwidth of the fiber. Higher bit rate channels may be divided into multiple lower bit rate channels, and lower bit rate channels may be combined to form higher bit rate channels.

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