CA2411630A1 - Flexible optical network architecture and optical add/drop multiplexer/demultiplexer therefor - Google Patents
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The invention describes an optical network architecture which uses a limited number of wavelength channels while providing flexible connections between the network nodes. Each node in the network deploys a fixed wavelength transmitter and a fixed wavelength receiver, whose wavelengths are misarranged so that a set of wavelengths of the transmitter differs from the set of wavelengths of the receiver, and wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes are arranged so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for one of the transmitter and receiver at one node and one of the respective receiver and transmitter at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes. The corresponding structure of the optical add/drop multiplexer/demultiplexer for use at the network node, and method of providing direct connections between the nodes, are also provided.
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1. An optical network, comprising:
a plurality of N nodes;
each node has a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n1" wavelengths (transmitter set;, and a receiver for receiving a set of "n2" wavelengths (receiver set), the transmitter and receiver sets are misarranged so as to differ by at least one wavelength; and the wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes are arranged so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for the transmitter at one node and the receiver at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes.
a plurality of N nodes;
each node has a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n1" wavelengths (transmitter set;, and a receiver for receiving a set of "n2" wavelengths (receiver set), the transmitter and receiver sets are misarranged so as to differ by at least one wavelength; and the wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes are arranged so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for the transmitter at one node and the receiver at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes.
2. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein for any pair of nodes there are at least two common wavelengths, the first and second common wavelengths, the first wavelength being the same for the transmitter at one node and the corresponding receiver at the other node in the pair, and the second wavelength being the same for the receiver at one node and the corresponding transmitter at the other node in the pair.
3. An optical network as described in claim 2, wherein the total number of the wavelengths used in the network is equal to "n1+n2".
4. An optical network as described in claim 3, wherein the total number of nodes is equal to N =
(n1+n2) !/ (n1!n2!).
(n1+n2) !/ (n1!n2!).
5. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein the transmitter set anti receiver set have different number of wavelengths, i.e. n1~n2 .
6. An optical network as described in claim 5, wherein the wavelengths of transmitter set are different from the wavelengths receiver set.
7. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein the transmitter set and receiver set have same number of wavelengths, i.e. n1=n2=n.
8. All optical network as described in claim 7, wherein the wavelengths of the transmitter set are different from the wavelengths the :receiver set.
9. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein the number "n1" of wavelengths in the transmitter set is the same for all nodes.
10. An optical :network as described in claim 1, wherein the number "n1" of wavelengths in the transmitter set varies for different nodes.
11. An optical network, comprising:
a plurality of nodes, each node having a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n" wavelengths, and a receiver for receiving another set of "n" wavelengths, the set of wavelengths of the transmitter being different from the set of wavelengths of the receiver; and wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes being arranged so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for one of the transmitter and receiver at one node and one of the respective receiver and transmitter at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes.
a plurality of nodes, each node having a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n" wavelengths, and a receiver for receiving another set of "n" wavelengths, the set of wavelengths of the transmitter being different from the set of wavelengths of the receiver; and wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes being arranged so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for one of the transmitter and receiver at one node and one of the respective receiver and transmitter at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes.
12. An optical network as described in claim 12, wherein for any pair of nodes there are at least two common wavelengths, the first and second common wavelengths, the first wavelength being the same for the transmitter at one node and the corresponding receiver at the other node in the pair, and the second wavelength being the same for the receiver at one node and the corresponding transmitter at the other node in the pair.
13. An optical network as described in claim 12, wherein the total number of the wavelengths used in the network is equal to "2n".
14. An optical network as described in claim 12, wherein the total number of nodes is equal to N =
(2n)!/(n!n!).
(2n)!/(n!n!).
15. An optical network as described in claim 12, wherein for any pair of nodes the number of common wavelengths is not more than "n-1".
16. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein at least one of the transmitter and receiver is a fixed wavelength device.
17. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein both the transmitter and receiver are fixed wavelength devices.
18. An optical network as described in claim 1, wherein at least one of the transmitter and receiver is a tunable wavelength device.
19. An optical network as described in claim 12, the network having one of the following network topologies:
mesh, ring, multi-ring, bus, and star topology.
mesh, ring, multi-ring, bus, and star topology.
20. A node for an optical network, comprising a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n1" wavelengths, and a receiver for receiving another set of "n2" wavelengths, the transmitter and receiver sets are misarranged so as to differ by at least one wavelength; and the wavelengths of the transmitter and receiver at the said node being arranged so that for any pair of nodes in the network, where the said node is one of the two nodes in the pair, there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for one of the transmitter and receiver at the said node and one of the respective receiver and transmitter at the other node in the pair.
21. A node as described in claim 20, wherein n1=n2=n, and the set of wavelengths of the transmitter is different from the set of wavelengths of the receiver.
22. A node as described in claim 21, wherein the wavelengths of the transmitter and receiver at the node are arranged so that for any pair of nodes in the network, where the said node is one of the two nodes in the pair, there are at least two common wavelengths, the first and second common wavelengths, the first wavelength is the same for the transmitter at the said node and the corresponding receiver at the other node in the pair, and the second wavelength is the same for the receiver at the said node and the corresponding transmitter at the other node in the pair.
23. A node as described in claim 20, further comprising an optical add/drop multiplexer/demiltiplexer including means for dropping wavelengths from the network to the node and means for adding wavelengths to the network from the node.
24. A node as described in claim 23, wherein the means for dropping wavelengths comprises a set of "n2"
optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the receiver set.
optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the receiver set.
25. A node as described in claim 23, wherein the means for adding wavelengths comprises a set "n1" optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the transmitter set.
26. A node as described an claim 23, wherein the means for adding wavelengths comprises a set of "n1" optical couplers suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the transmitter set.
27. A node as described in claim 20, further comprising a wavelength converter.
28. An optical add/drop multiplexer/demultiplexer for a node of claim 20, comprising:
means for dropping wavelengths from the network to the node comprising a set of "n2" optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the receiver set; and means for adding wavelengths to the network from the node comprising one of the following:
a set "n1" optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the transmitter set; and a set of "n1" optical couplers suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the transmitter set.
means for dropping wavelengths from the network to the node comprising a set of "n2" optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the receiver set; and means for adding wavelengths to the network from the node comprising one of the following:
a set "n1" optical filters suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the transmitter set; and a set of "n1" optical couplers suitable for operation at the wavelengths of the transmitter set.
29. In an optical network having a plurality of nodes, a method of providing direct connections between the nodes, comprising they steps of:
for each node, providing a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n1" wavelengths, and a receiver for receiving another set of "n2" wavelengths, and selecting the wavelengths of the transmitter and the receiver so as to differ by at least one wavelength; and selecting wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for one of the transmitter and the receiver at one node, and one of the respective receiver and transmitter at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes.
for each node, providing a transmitter for transmitting a set of "n1" wavelengths, and a receiver for receiving another set of "n2" wavelengths, and selecting the wavelengths of the transmitter and the receiver so as to differ by at least one wavelength; and selecting wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes so that for any pair of nodes there is at least one common wavelength which is the same for one of the transmitter and the receiver at one node, and one of the respective receiver and transmitter at the other node, thus providing a direct connection between the nodes.
30. A method as described in claim 29, wherein n1=n2=n, and selecting the wavelengths of the transmitter and the receiver so as to be different from each other.
31. A method as described in claim 29, wherein the step of selecting the wavelengths of transmitters and receivers at different nodes is performed so as to provide that for any pair of nodes there are at least two common wavelengths, the first and second common wavelengths, the first wavelength is the same for the transmitter at one node and the corresponding receiver at the other node in the pair, and the second wavelength is the same for the receiver at one node and the corresponding transmitter at the other node in the pair.
32. An optical network as described in claim 1, the optical network being built as an overlay of a multi-ring network so that the nodes of the optical network are the nodes in the multi-ring network, thereby providing a flexible connection between the nodes in the multi-ring network.
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