Method and device for operating an optical transmitting device having a plurality of optical transmitters that can be driven independently

US7792426B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Avago Technologies Fiber IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. · SG

Inventors

• Hans Hurt · Regensburg, DE
• Thomas Lichtenegger · Alteglofsheim, DE
• Gustav Muller · Regensburg, DE
• Joachim Pfeiffer · Bensheim, DE
• Stephan Prucker · Burglengenfeld, DE
• Karl Schrodinger · Berlin, DE
• Gunther Steinle · Munich, DE
• Josef Wittl · Parsberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 23, 2006
• Grant date: Sep 7, 2010
• Expiry date: Dec 11, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01S5/0042
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a method and a device for operating an optical transmitting device having a plurality of optical transmitters that can be driven independently. The method includes detecting the parameter values of the individual transmitters, comparing the parameter values determined with one another and/or with a prescribed comparison value, and selecting one of the transmitters for the communication operation of the transmitting device based on the comparison. The method further includes operating the transmitting device with the selected transmitter.