CN216490509U - Optical communication module, device and system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model discloses an optical communication module, device and system, optical communication module includes: the optical transceiver comprises an electric communication unit, a switching communication mainboard, a first optical transceiver unit and a second optical transceiver unit, wherein the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit respectively receive and/or transmit optical signals from a first device and a second device and convert the optical signals; and a device connected with the electric communication unit, the first device and the second device form a network through the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit, and the network has a self-healing ring network function. The utility model discloses a have the light transceiver module who independently realizes data signal receiving and dispatching photoelectric conversion function and integrated the optical communication mainboard that many devices light signal exchange handled, with the complexity of isomorphism and heterogeneous equipment network engineering, turn into simple optical network bus and go up plug and play, saved isomorphism and heterogeneous network's design and construction, programming and network deployment equipment and maintain the operation cost, have obvious engineering and industrial value.

Description

Optical communication module, device and system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an optical communication technical field particularly, relates to an optical communication module, device and system.

Background

Optical fiber communication has the advantages of excellent Radio Frequency Interference (RFI) resistance, electromagnetic interference (EMI) resistance and excellent background noise resistance, and is increasingly applied to scenes unsuitable for wireless transmission and scenes in which copper cable wired transmission is interfered (such as power plants, power equipment inspection, mine underground communication and the like).

The optical communication module is one of core devices of an optical fiber communication system, and mainly functions to realize photoelectric conversion. Wherein: the sending end of the optical communication module converts the electric signal into an optical signal, and the receiving end converts the optical signal into the electric signal; at present, an optical communication module mainly comprises a light emitting device, a light receiving device, a signal processing unit and a circuit interface.

In the optical communication module with two optical ports (light emitting device and light receiving device) and one electrical port (circuit interface), the two optical ports (light emitting device and light receiving device) can only respectively and independently realize the transmitting or receiving function, so that one optical communication module can only be connected with a single device and transmits the data of the single device connected with the optical communication module to the cloud server. In an actual optical fiber communication system, there are often multiple devices, and a networking is required among the multiple devices for data transmission, and such networking is usually complex, requires special networking equipment and network configuration, and cannot implement a network self-healing function.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

In view of the above, the present invention is directed to an optical communication module, a device and a system, which are designed to solve at least one of the above problems.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the first aspect of the present invention provides an optical communication module, including: an electric communication unit, a switching communication mainboard connected with the electric communication unit, and a first optical transceiver unit and a second optical transceiver unit respectively connected with the switching communication mainboard, wherein:

the first optical transceiver unit is used for receiving and/or transmitting optical signals from the first device and converting the optical signals;

the second optical transceiver unit is used for receiving and/or transmitting optical signals from the second device and converting the optical signals;

forming a network system by the device connected with the electric communication unit, the first device and the second device through the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit;

the exchange communication mainboard is used for monitoring the working state of the devices connected with the electric communication unit so that the network system can control the data transmission among the devices according to the working state.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, exchange communication mainboard includes: a tester and a microprocessor connected to each other, wherein:

the tester is used for monitoring the working state of a device connected with the electric communication unit;

and the microprocessor is used for sending an alarm prompt to data transmission control equipment of the network system when the tester monitors that the work is abnormal, so that the data transmission control equipment can control data transmission among all devices according to the alarm prompt.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, exchange communication mainboard still includes: a memory and a power manager respectively connected to the microprocessor, wherein:

the memory is used for storing data received and generated by the optical communication module during working and also used for storing data generated by the operation of the microprocessor;

and the power supply manager is used for providing and managing working power supply for the optical communication module.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, exchange communication mainboard still includes: the optical switching module is connected with the microprocessor;

the optical switching module is configured to read data transmitted by the electrical communication unit, the first optical transceiver unit, and the second optical transceiver unit, and exchange and transmit the read data;

the microprocessor is further configured to configure and monitor a working state of the optical switch module, monitor working states of the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit, and send a monitoring result to an external device.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment still includes: the first optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the first device through the first optical fiber and converts the optical signals; and the second optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the second device through the second optical fiber and converts the optical signals.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, the tester is still used for monitoring the operating condition of first optic fibre, second optic fibre.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the second aspect of the present invention further provides a device with a built-in optical communication module, including: the host computer shell, above-mentioned arbitrary optical communication module, place in the optical communication module in the host computer shell.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, still be equipped with the core module in the mainframe shell, optical communication module fixes on the core module.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, the core module includes: the optical communication module comprises a core module mainboard and a fixing mechanism arranged on the core module mainboard, wherein the core module mainboard and a switching communication mainboard of the optical communication module share one mainboard, and an electric communication unit of the optical communication module is a wiring on the mainboard; or, the exchange communication mainboard of the optical communication module is fixed on the core module mainboard; the electric communication unit of the optical communication module is connected with the main board of the movement module through a connector;

the fixing mechanism is used for respectively fixing a first optical transceiver unit and a second optical transceiver unit of the optical communication module.

According to the utility model relates to a preferred embodiment, the main chassis includes: the optical fiber transceiver comprises a front shell assembly and a rear shell assembly, wherein optical fiber doors are respectively arranged on the rear shell assembly or the front shell assembly at positions corresponding to the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit, and the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are respectively inserted into the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit through the optical fiber doors.

According to the utility model discloses a preferred embodiment still includes: the optical fiber locking assembly is used for locking the optical fiber after the optical fiber is inserted into the optical communication module;

the outer surfaces of the host shell, the optical fiber door and the optical fiber locking assembly are of waterproof designs, and waterproof sealing designs are arranged among the host shell, the optical fiber door and the optical fiber locking assembly.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the third aspect of the present invention further provides a network system including any one of the above devices of the plurality of built-in optical communication modules, the network system further includes a cloud server, and the devices of the plurality of built-in optical communication modules and the cloud server form a network through optical fiber connections between the optical communication modules.

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the optical communication module is further configured to monitor an operating state of an optical fiber connected to the optical communication module and a device having the optical communication module built therein;

and one optical switching module in the plurality of built-in optical communication modules is used for controlling data transmission among devices of each built-in optical communication module according to the working state monitored by each optical communication module.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a fourth aspect of the present invention provides a data transmission method applied to the above network system, the method including:

the optical communication module monitors whether the working states of the device of the built-in optical communication module and the optical fiber connected with the optical communication module are normal or not;

if the optical communication module monitors that the device of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module or the working state of any optical fiber is abnormal, the optical communication module is controlled to transmit the data of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module to an adjacent optical communication module or a cloud server through another optical fiber with a normal working state;

if the optical communication module does not detect that the working state of the device of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module or any optical fiber is abnormal, the optical communication module is controlled to transmit the data of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module to the adjacent optical communication module or the cloud server through any optical fiber.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the fifth aspect of the present invention further provides an optical switch module, wherein the optical switch module is capable of executing a data transmission method applied to the network system, and the optical switch module and the optical bus form a self-healing ring data communication network.

In order to solve the above technical problem, a sixth aspect of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs which, when executed by a processor, implement a data transmission method applied to the above network system.

The utility model discloses an optical communication module, device and system, wherein: the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit of the optical communication module can independently realize signal receiving and/or transmitting with other devices, and the first optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the first device and converts the optical signals; the second optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the second device and converts the optical signals; the device connected with the electric communication unit can form a network with the first device and the second device through the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit; processing signals transmitted by the electric communication unit, the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit through a communication module mainboard, so that the requirement of multi-device networking transmission is met; compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses a having the light that independently realizes the signal and connect the function and receiving the module and can monitor device operating condition's optical communication mainboard, when detecting arbitrary device and breaking down, through the direction of transmission of control signal in each network deployment device, can guarantee the data transmission of every device to the high in the clouds server in the network deployment, realize the function of network deployment self-healing, plug-and-play, network and network extension plug and play, saved relevant network design, intermediate equipment and construction maintenance cost.

The utility model also integrates the optical switching module on the switching communication mainboard, reads the data transmitted by the electric communication unit, the first optical receiving and transmitting unit and the second optical receiving and transmitting unit through the optical switching module, and exchanges and transmits the read data; and configuring and monitoring the working state of the optical switching module through a microprocessor, monitoring the working states of the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit, and sending the monitoring result to external equipment.

To sum up, the utility model discloses a have the light transceiver module who independently realizes data signal receiving and dispatching photoelectric conversion function and the optical communication mainboard that has integrateed many devices light signal exchange and handle, with the complexity of isomorphism and heterogeneous equipment network engineering, turn into simple optical network bus and go up plug and play, saved isomorphism and heterogeneous network's design and construction, programming and network deployment equipment and maintenance operation cost, have obvious engineering and industrial value.

Drawings

In order to make the technical problem solved by the present invention, the technical means adopted by the present invention, and the technical effects obtained by the technical means clearer, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. It should be noted, however, that the drawings described below are only drawings of exemplary embodiments of the invention, from which other embodiments can be derived by those skilled in the art without inventive effort.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural frame diagram of an optical communication module provided by the present invention;

fig. 2a is a schematic structural frame diagram of an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2b is a schematic structural frame diagram of another optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3a to 3c are a top view, a cross-sectional view and a bottom view of a physical structure schematic diagram of an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is an exploded view of a device incorporating an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5a to 5e are a top view, a bottom view, a front view, a rear view and a right view of a device with an optical communication module built therein according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5f is a schematic diagram of a device with an optical communication module therein according to an embodiment of the present invention for locking an optical fiber;

fig. 6 is a schematic networking diagram of a network system including a device with a built-in optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic diagram of a physical form networking of a network system including a device with a built-in optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic physical structure diagram of the network system implementing the self-healing ring according to the embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 9 is a schematic flowchart of a data transmission method based on an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

Exemplary embodiments of the present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments can be implemented in a number of specific ways, which should not be construed as limiting the invention to the embodiments set forth herein. Rather, these exemplary embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey the concept of the invention to those skilled in the art.

The structures, properties, effects or other features described in a particular embodiment can be combined in any suitable manner in one or more other embodiments, consistent with the technical idea of the invention.

In the description of the specific embodiments, the details of construction, performance, effects, or other characteristics are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments for one skilled in the art. However, it is not excluded that a person skilled in the art may implement the invention in a specific case in a solution that does not contain the above-described structures, properties, effects or other features.

The flow chart in the drawings is merely an exemplary flow demonstration, and does not represent that all of the contents, operations and steps in the flow chart must be included in the scheme of the invention, nor does it represent that the sequence must be executed according to the order shown in the drawings. For example, some operations/steps in the flowcharts may be divided, some operations/steps may be combined or partially combined, and the like, and the execution sequence shown in the flowcharts may be changed according to actual situations without departing from the gist of the present invention.

The block diagrams in the figures generally represent functional entities and do not necessarily correspond to physically separate entities. I.e. these functional entities may be implemented in the form of software, or in one or more hardware modules or integrated circuits, or in different networks and/or processor means and/or microcontroller means.

The same reference numerals denote the same or similar elements, components, or portions throughout the drawings, and thus, a repetitive description thereof may be omitted hereinafter. It will be further understood that, although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used herein to describe various elements, components, or sections, these elements, components, or sections should not be limited by these terms. That is, these phrases are only used to distinguish one from another. For example, a first device may also be referred to as a second device without departing from the spirit of the present invention. Furthermore, the term "and/or", "and/or" is intended to include all combinations of any one or more of the listed items.

The utility model discloses an optical communication module, device and system, optical communication module, include: first optical transceiver unit, second optical transceiver unit, exchange communication mainboard and electric communication unit, wherein: the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit can independently realize signal receiving and/or transmitting with other devices, and the first optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the first device and converts the optical signals; the second optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the second device and converts the optical signals; the device connected with the electric communication unit can form a network with the first device and the second device through the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit; the communication module mainboard is used for monitoring the working state of the devices connected with the electric communication unit, so that the network system can control the data transmission among the devices according to the working state, and the self-healing function of the network is realized.

The device can be any module or device capable of monitoring data in the optical fiber communication system, such as: sensors, multiple sensing devices, Internet of things (IoT) devices, and the like. Wherein, many first induction system refer to: the device can monitor and process various signals, including but not limited to: optical signals, electrical signals, audio and ultrasonic signals, electromagnetic signals, visual and super-visual signals, temperature and its distribution, and the like. The optical communication module can be arranged in the device.

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic diagram of a structural frame of an optical communication module according to the present invention. The optical communication module can transmit signals (also called data) collected by a device connected with the optical communication module to the cloud server, wherein the signals collected by the device are usually electric signals, and the optical communication module is responsible for converting the electric signals collected by the device into optical signals and transmitting the optical signals to the cloud server. As illustrated in fig. 1, the optical communication module includes: a first optical transceiver unit M1, a second optical transceiver unit M2, a switch communication main board M3 connected to the first optical transceiver unit M1 and the second optical transceiver voltage M2, respectively, and an electric communication unit M4 connected to the switch communication main board M3, wherein:

the first optical transceiver unit M1 is used for receiving and/or transmitting optical signals from the first device and converting the optical signals;

the second optical transceiver unit M2 is used for receiving and/or transmitting optical signals from the second device and converting the optical signals;

the switching communication mainboard M3 is configured to monitor an operating state of a device connected to the electrical communication unit, so that the network system controls data transmission between the devices according to the operating state. Therefore, when the devices work abnormally, the transmission direction of signals in each networking device is controlled, data of each networking device are transmitted to the cloud server, and networking self-healing is achieved. Further, the switch communication motherboard M3 is further configured to process signals transmitted by the electrical communication unit M4, the first optical transceiver unit M1, and the second optical transceiver unit M2;

the devices connected with the electric communication unit M4 and the first and second devices constitute a network system through the first and second optical transceiving units M1 and M2.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the first device is not limited to a device in a general sense, and may be any one of an external device, an apparatus, a system, or a network connected to the first optical transceiver unit; the second device is also not limited to the device in the general sense, and may be any of an external device, an apparatus, a system, or a network connected to the second optical transceiver unit.

In one embodiment, as shown in fig. 2a, the first Optical transceiver unit M1 and the second Optical transceiver unit M2 may be a Bi-Directional Optical Sub-Assembly (BOSA) with the same function, and the Optical transceiver module (TOSA) and the Optical receiver module (ROSA) integrate the transceiving of the Optical source (LD and PIN/APD) through a coaxial coupling process, and further a splitter, an Optical fiber and other assemblies are combined. Among them, the TOSA mainly performs conversion of an electrical signal into an optical signal, in which a light source (a semiconductor light emitting diode or a laser diode) is a core, an LD chip, a monitoring photodiode (MD), and other components are packaged in a compact structure (TO coaxial package or butterfly package), and then constitutes the TOSA. In high data rate fiber optic modules, a ROSA typically assembles a PIN or ADP photodiode and a TIA in a sealed metal housing to form the ROSA.

The utility model discloses a first light transceiver module M1 and second light transceiver module M2 work in the device of being connected with it, and it can only receive, only launch, also can receive simultaneously and the transmission signal. Taking the first optical transceiver unit M1 as an example, it may receive the optical signal from the first device only and convert it into an electrical signal to complete signal reception, receive the electrical signal from the telecommunication module M4 only and convert it into an optical signal to complete signal transmission, receive the optical signal from the first device and convert it into an electrical signal, receive the electrical signal from the telecommunication module M4 simultaneously and convert it into an optical signal to complete signal reception and transmission simultaneously. The first optical transceiver unit M1 and the second optical transceiver unit M2 can realize the transmission of signals between the physical layer and the transmission medium.

The switch communication motherboard M3 may include a tester M305 (not shown in fig. 2 b) and a microprocessor M302 connected to each other, an optical switch module M301, a memory M303 and a power manager M304 connected to the microprocessor M302, respectively, wherein:

the tester M305 is able to monitor the operating status of the device to which the electrical communication unit M4 is connected, which may include: a normal operation state and an abnormal operation state, when the device connected with the electric communication unit M4 has an open circuit, a short circuit, a mismatching of cable impedance, a bad connector, a mismatching of terminals or a failure of poor magnetism, it is determined that it is in the abnormal operation state. The tester M305 may be specifically configured according to the monitoring needs of the device. Such as: in a large outdoor wind power generation network, a Virtual Cable Test (VCT) can be adopted, and the VCT utilizes a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) to remotely identify potential Cable faults, so that equipment return and service calls are reduced. Potential cabling problems such as pair swapping, pair polarity and excessive pair skew, and cable opens or any mismatch can be monitored by the VCT.

And the microprocessor M302 is configured to send an alarm prompt to the data transmission control device of the network system when the tester monitors that the operation is abnormal, so that the data transmission control device controls data transmission between the devices according to the alarm prompt.

And the optical switching module M301 is configured to read data transmitted by the electrical communication unit M4, the first optical transceiver unit M1, and the second optical transceiver unit M2, and exchange and transmit the read data. Illustratively, the optical switch module M301 may employ a gigabit multiport switch chip.

The microprocessor M302 is further configured to configure and monitor the operating state of the optical switch module M301, monitor the operating states of the first optical transceiver M1 and the second optical transceiver M2, and send the monitoring result to an external device; wherein the external device may be: a cloud server, a central processor, and so forth. Illustratively, the microprocessor M302 may be implemented by a GD32 chip, wherein: GD32 is a 32-bit MCU, a 32-bit general purpose microcontroller based on the Arm Cortex-M3/M23/M4 core and the RISC-V core. The invention does not exclude other embodiments of the device with digital processing capabilities, for example it may also be STM32, FPGA, DSP, Marvell's 88E1111 microprocessor, etc. The microprocessor M302 may transmit the monitoring result to the external device through the MODBUS.

And the memory M303 is used for storing data received and generated by the optical communication module during working and storing data generated by the operation of the microprocessor 302. The Memory M303 can be implemented by any Memory with read-write function, such as NAND Flash Memory.

And a power manager M304 for providing and managing operating power to the optical communication module.

The electric communication unit M4 is used for transmitting data between the exchange communication motherboard M3 and the devices connected with the optical communication module. Exemplarily, the electrical communication unit M4 may use the 10/100/1000M adaptive electrical port unit to transmit in the form of FPC flexible flat cable, and transmit data between the device connected to the exchange communication motherboard M3 and the optical communication module through TCP/IP ethernet protocol cluster, and of course, the electrical communication unit M4 of the present invention may also be implemented in serial communication modes such as RS485, RS232, USB, etc.

In another embodiment, as shown in fig. 2b, the optical communication module further includes: a first optical fiber M501 and a second optical fiber M502, wherein the first optical transceiver unit M1 receives and/or transmits optical signals from the first device through the first optical fiber M501 and converts the optical signals; the second optical transceiver unit M2 receives and/or transmits optical signals from the second device through the second optical fiber M502 and converts them.

The switching communication main board M3 is further configured to monitor the operating states of the first optical fiber M501, the second optical fiber M502, and the devices connected to the electrical communication unit M4.

For example, as shown in fig. 2b, the switch communication motherboard M3 may include: a microprocessor M302, a tester M305, a memory M303 and a power management unit M304 connected to each other, and an optical switch module M301 (not shown in fig. 2 b) connected to the microprocessor M302, wherein:

a tester M305 for monitoring the operating state of said first optical fibre M501, second optical fibre M502 and devices connected to said electrical communication unit M4. The operating state may include: a normal operation state and an abnormal operation state, when any one of the first optical fiber M501, the second optical fiber M502, and the device connected to the electrical communication unit M4 has a fault such as an open circuit, a short circuit, a mismatching of cable impedance, a bad connector, a mismatching of terminals, or a poor magnetic property, it is determined that it is in the abnormal operation state.

The tester M305 may be configured according to actual needs, such as: in a large outdoor wind power generation network, a Virtual Cable Test (VCT) can be adopted, and the VCT utilizes a Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) to remotely identify potential Cable faults, so that equipment return and service calls are reduced. Potential cabling problems such as pair swapping, pair polarity and excessive pair skew, and cable opens or any mismatch can be monitored by the VCT.

The microprocessor M302 is further configured to send an alarm prompt to the data transmission control device of the network system when the tester M305 detects an abnormal operation (i.e., a fault), so that the data transmission control device controls data transmission between the devices according to the alarm prompt. For example, the data transmission control device of the network system may be a root optical switch module in a networking device, and the root optical switch module ensures that data of each device in networking is transmitted to the cloud server according to the transmission direction of the alarm prompt control signal in each networking device, thereby realizing self-healing of networking. Wherein: the root optical switching module is an optical switching module that is previously designated from all the optical switching modules of the networking device.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model discloses following beneficial effect has at least:

1. the utility model discloses a have the light that realizes signal independently and receive the module of sending out and the optical communication mainboard that has integrateed many devices signal processing, with the complexity of heterogeneous equipment network engineering, convert simple optical network bus plug-and-play on, saved design and programming of network deployment network, networking equipment and construction maintenance cost; the freely expanded network and the network equipment thereof have great engineering and industrial values.

2. The utility model discloses can all convert the data interface of various kinds of equipment into optical communication interface direct access optical network, extensive applicability in its equipment inside.

3. The utility model can realize the networking self-healing function, and saves the related network design of organizing the self-healing network, the intermediate equipment and the construction and maintenance cost;

4. the utility model relates to an embedded optical communication module, which can be used in plug and play, has simple and rapid networking and can be expanded arbitrarily; the complexity of the networking engineering of the heterogeneous equipment is converted into the plug and play, of a simple optical network bus, and the network equipment thereof are expanded randomly, so that the method has great engineering and industrial values.

It can be understood that: the utility model discloses an optical switching module can set up in exchange communication mainboard as above-mentioned embodiment, also can independently set up outside exchange communication mainboard, the utility model discloses do not specifically prescribe a limit. And simultaneously, the utility model discloses a light receiving and dispatching unit is not limited to first light receiving and dispatching unit, second light receiving and dispatching unit, can set up a plurality of light receiving and dispatching units according to the network deployment needs to connect the signal of a plurality of different devices, constitute the network system of different structures.

Fig. 3a to 3c are a top view, a cross-sectional view and a bottom view of a physical structure schematic diagram of an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 3a to 3c, the optical communication module includes: a first optical transceiver unit M1, a second optical transceiver unit M2, a switch communication main board M3 connected with one end of the first optical transceiver unit M1 and one end of the second optical transceiver unit M2, an electric communication unit M4 connected with the switch communication main board M3, a first optical fiber M501 connected with the other end of the first optical transceiver unit M1, and a second optical fiber M502 connected with the other end of the second optical transceiver unit M2; wherein:

the physical connection mode of the transmitting die LD and the receiving die PD-TIA of the BOSA in the first optical transceiver unit M1 and the second optical transceiver unit M2 includes, but is not limited to, a metal pin, and may also be an FPC, and the tail end includes, but is not limited to, a tail end adapter, and may also be a tail fiber.

Each functional unit of exchange communication mainboard M3 uses the PCB board as the carrier, and exchange communication mainboard M3 can adopt an independent PCB board to make, also can be with the mainboard sharing PCB board of the device that the optical communication module is connected, the utility model discloses do not specifically prescribe a limit.

The electrical communication unit M4 uses a 10/100/1000M adaptive electrical port unit to transmit in the form of FPC flex cable, which may be a flexible circuit board (FPC) plus a pair of 24pins board-to-board connectors, a cable or board-to-board physical connection, etc.

The first optical fiber M501 and the second optical fiber M502 may be single-core optical fibers, and the optical fiber connector of the pigtail may be a PC-type optical fiber connector. The first optical fiber M501 and the second optical fiber M502 may also be dual-core or multi-core optical fibers, and the optical fiber connector of the pigtail includes but is not limited to PC type optical fiber connector, FC type optical fiber connector, SC type optical fiber connector, ST type optical fiber connector, etc.

Based on above-mentioned optical communication module, the utility model discloses still provide a device of built-in optical communication module, it is exemplary, the device of built-in optical communication module can be: sensors, multiple sensing devices, Internet of things (IoT) devices, and the like. The device with the built-in optical communication module comprises: the optical communication module comprises a host shell and any one of the optical communication modules arranged in the host shell. Fig. 4 is an exploded view of a device with a built-in optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 5a to 5f are a top view, a bottom view, a front view, a rear view, a right view of the device with a built-in optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention and a schematic diagram of locking an optical fiber.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5a to 5f, the device incorporating the optical communication module includes: the main chassis, the movement module M6, the first optical transceiver unit M1, the second optical transceiver unit M2, the exchange communication motherboard M3, the electrical communication unit M4, the first optical fiber M501, the second optical fiber M502, and the optical fiber door M9.

Illustratively, the main chassis may include: the front shell assembly M7 and the rear shell assembly M8 are used for installing, fixing and protecting the movement module M6 and the optical communication module M3, and fixing tail fibers of the first optical fiber M501 and the second optical fiber M502 in the main chassis.

The optical communication module can be fixed on the movement module M6 in an assembling manner. Wherein, core module M6 includes: the optical communication module comprises a core module mainboard and a fixing mechanism arranged on the core module mainboard, wherein in one example, the core module mainboard and a switching communication mainboard of the optical communication module share one mainboard, and an electric communication unit of the optical communication module is a wiring on the mainboard; in another example, a switching communication main board of the optical communication module is fixed on the movement module main board; the electric communication unit of the optical communication module is connected with the main board of the movement module through a connector; the fixing mechanism is used for respectively fixing the first optical transceiver unit M1 and the second optical transceiver unit M2 of the optical communication module, so that the optical fibers M501 and M502 can be conveniently plugged and correspondingly positioned, and optical signals can be correctly transmitted after the optical fibers are plugged.

Further, as shown in fig. 5f, optical fiber doors M9 are respectively disposed at positions of the rear housing component M8 corresponding to the first optical transceiver unit M1 and the second optical transceiver unit M2, and the first optical fiber M501 and the second optical fiber M502 are respectively inserted into the first optical transceiver unit M1 and the second optical transceiver unit M2 through the optical fiber doors M9, so that the optical fibers can be conveniently plugged and unplugged, and when the optical fibers are damaged or broken and need to be replaced, the optical fiber doors are opened to replace the optical fibers.

Further, as shown in fig. 5f, the apparatus may further include: the optical fiber locking assembly M10 is used for locking the optical fiber after the optical fiber is inserted into the optical communication module;

furthermore, in order to ensure that any device with a built-in optical communication module can normally work in a severe environment, the outer surfaces of the main case, the optical fiber door M9 and the optical fiber locking assembly are provided with waterproof designs, and waterproof sealing designs are arranged among the main case, the optical fiber door M9 and the optical fiber locking assembly.

For example, the IP67 standard waterproof and dustproof design can be implemented in a device host with a built-in optical communication module, and the fixing mechanism for the pigtail of the optical fiber M5 is disposed in the device host with the built-in optical communication module. Meanwhile, corresponding waterproof structures are designed on the machine shells of the front shell assembly M7 and the rear shell assembly M8, a waterproof silica gel ring is additionally arranged between the front shell assembly M7 and the rear shell assembly M8 to achieve waterproof and dustproof sealing effects, and the front shell assembly M7 and the rear shell assembly M8 can be locked and fixed in a screw locking mode. Meanwhile, corresponding waterproof structures are also arranged on the machine shells of the rear shell assembly M8 and the optical fiber door M9, a waterproof silica gel ring is additionally arranged between the rear shell assembly M8 and the optical fiber door M9 to perform waterproof and dustproof sealing functions, and the rear shell assembly M8 and the optical fiber door M9 can be locked and fixed in a screw locking mode.

When the pigtail of the first optical fiber M501 or the second optical fiber M502 is inserted into the optical communication module, the optical fiber locking assembly M10 is installed, and the optical fiber locking assembly M10 has a corresponding waterproof and dustproof structure, so that the waterproof and dustproof functions after the optical fiber door M9 and the rear housing assembly M8 are assembled are ensured, and the optical fiber M5 can be prevented from being easily pulled out from the device host of the built-in optical communication module by external force.

Based on above-mentioned built-in optical communication module's device, the utility model discloses still provide a network system who contains above-mentioned built-in optical communication module's device, this network system can include: the device and the cloud server of a plurality of built-in optical communication modules form a network through the optical communication modules. The devices with built-in optical communication modules can be installed on a working site in a distributed mode, and optical fibers can be used for forming an annular network between the adjacent devices with built-in optical communication modules. The number of devices of the built-in optical communication module of the networking is determined according to the requirements of a construction site, and the number of the devices is not less than one.

Fig. 6 is a schematic networking diagram of a network system including a device with a built-in optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention, and fig. 7 is a schematic networking diagram of a physical form of a network system including a device with a built-in optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention; as shown in fig. 6 and 7, the device S01 with built-in optical communication module is connected to the cloud server through an optical fiber M501, the device S02 with built-in optical communication module is connected to the cloud server through an optical fiber M502, the device S02 with built-in optical communication module is provided with a device S03 connected to the optical communication module through an optical fiber M503, the device S03 with built-in optical communication module is provided with a device S04 connected to the optical communication module through an optical fiber M504, the device S04 with built-in optical communication module is provided with a device S05 connected to the optical communication module through an optical fiber M505, the device S05 with built-in optical communication module is provided with devices S06 and … connected to the optical communication module through an optical fiber M505, and the device Snn with built-in optical communication module is provided with a device S06 and … connected to the cloud server through an optical fiber M5nn, so as to form a ring network. The optical communication module M3 incorporated in the devices S01 to Snn incorporating optical communication modules not only receives and transmits data generated by the present apparatus, but also receives and transmits data transmitted from a device incorporating an adjacent optical communication module via the optical switching module M305.

The embodiment of the utility model provides a network system that contains built-in optical communication module's device can be applied to aerogenerator's data monitoring. Wherein: the devices S01-Snn with the built-in optical communication modules are installed at different positions of a tower body, a gearbox, a generator set, a transmission shaft, blades and the like of the wind driven generator in a distributed mode to form a ring network, and the ring network aims to acquire data such as sound signals, vibration frequency, amplitude, seismic source position coordinates, displacement, speed, acceleration, wind speed, temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure value, luminance brightness, optical wavelength, high-definition images and videos, thermal imaging images and videos, 3D images and videos and millimeter wave radar images of different position coordinates at the same time point and transmit the data to a cloud server through a ring network formed by the built-in optical communication modules of each device. The cloud server extracts the characteristics of the acquired signals according to an intelligent algorithm to obtain the characteristics of the operation state of the engine room, the operation state of the wind wheel, the posture and operation state of the tower body, the basic operation state and the like, diagnoses faults through model matching, gives an alarm and informs relevant personnel of overhauling and maintenance.

Since the device incorporating the optical communication module is actually operated, the optical cable, the connector, and the terminal may have quality problems and mounting reliability problems. The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, the virtual cable tester M304 that built-in optical communication module's device built-in optical communication module M3 contains can monitor optic fibre and the connector of built-in optical communication module's device and the operating condition at terminal to can diagnose including opening a way, short circuit, cable impedance not join in marriage, the connector is bad, the terminal is not joined in marriage and trouble such as magnetism difference. Based on this, the utility model discloses can also realize the function of self-healing ring after the network system network deployment of the device that contains built-in optical communication module. Fig. 8 is a schematic physical structure diagram of the network system implementing the self-healing ring according to the embodiment of the present invention. Wherein: the device S01 with the built-in optical communication module is connected to the server C through the optical fibers M502 and S02 and through the optical fiber M501. The virtual cable tester M304 of the optical communication module M3, which is built in the device S01 with an optical communication module built therein, can detect and monitor the operation states of the optical fibers including M501 and M502, and the connectors and terminals of the device S03 itself with an optical communication module built therein. And pre-assigning a root optical switching module in each optical switching module of the network, and controlling data transmission among devices of each built-in optical communication module through the root optical switching module according to the working state monitored by each optical communication module.

Taking the connecting optical fiber M503 between the device S02 with the built-in optical communication module and the device S03 with the built-in optical communication module as an example, when the optical fiber M503 is broken, or the connector or the terminal of the device S02 or S02 with the built-in optical communication module connected to the optical fiber M503 has faults such as open circuit, short circuit, mismatching of cable impedance, bad connector, mismatching of terminal, and poor magnetic property, the virtual cable tester M304 in the optical communication module M3 with the device S02 with the built-in optical communication module detects the fault, and the data of the device S02 with the built-in optical communication module controlled by the root optical switching module is transmitted to the cloud server C through the optical fiber M502, the device S01 with the built-in optical communication module, and the optical fiber M501. Meanwhile, the virtual cable tester M304 of the component M3 of the built-in optical communication module M3578 of the device S03 with the built-in optical communication module detects an abnormality, and the network system controls the data of the device S03 with the built-in optical communication module to be transmitted to the cloud server C through the optical fiber M504, the multi-element sensing terminal S04, the optical fiber M505, the device S05 with the built-in optical communication module, the optical fiber M506, the optical fiber … and the optical fiber M5 nn.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the modules in the above-described embodiments of the apparatus may be distributed as described in the apparatus, and may be correspondingly modified and distributed in one or more apparatuses other than the above-described embodiments. The modules of the above embodiments may be combined into one module, or further split into multiple sub-modules.

Based on above-mentioned network system, the embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide a data transmission method based on above-mentioned optical communication module, wherein, this network system contains a plurality of optical communication modules and high in the clouds server, optical communication module with the high in the clouds server passes through optic fibre and constitutes the looped netowrk, places in the device of built-in optical communication module in every optical communication module, and this method includes:

s1, the optical communication module monitors whether the working state of the device of the built-in optical communication module and the optical fiber connected with the optical communication module is normal;

s2, if the optical communication module monitors that the working state of the device of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module or any optical fiber is abnormal, controlling the optical communication module to transmit the data of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module to an adjacent optical communication module or a cloud server through another optical fiber with a normal working state;

and S3, if the optical communication module does not detect that the working state of the device of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module or any optical fiber is abnormal, controlling the optical communication module to transmit the data of the built-in optical communication module connected with the optical communication module to an adjacent optical communication module or a cloud server through any optical fiber.

The following describes a data transmission method based on an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention by taking the network system in fig. 9 as an example. The network system of fig. 9 includes: the optical fibers M501, M502, M503, M504, M505, M506, M5n to M5nn are used for connecting the cloud server and the devices of the built-in optical communication module or interconnecting the devices of the built-in optical communication module, and the physical form of the optical fibers may be optical fiber lines. Devices S01, S02, S03, S04, S05 to Snn incorporating optical communication modules, wherein:

and the cloud server can perform feature extraction on signals acquired by the devices of the plurality of built-in optical communication modules according to an intelligent algorithm to obtain the features of the cabin running state, the wind wheel running state, the tower body posture, the running state, the basic running state and the like, diagnoses faults through model matching, gives an alarm and informs relevant personnel of maintenance. Meanwhile, a root optical switching module is preassigned in each optical switching module of the networking, and the root optical switching module controls data transmission among devices of each built-in optical communication module according to the working state monitored by each optical communication module.

In the actual operation of the device with the built-in optical communication module, the optical cables, the connectors and the terminals may have quality problems and installation reliability problems. The embodiment of the utility model provides an in, built-in optical communication module's built-in optical communication module M3 of device contains virtual cable tester M304, can diagnose the problem that probably exists including opening a way, short circuit, cable impedance do not join in marriage, the connector is bad, the terminal does not join in marriage and magnetism subalternation problem.

Taking the optical fiber M502 as an example, when the virtual cable tester M304 included in the optical communication module M3 of the device S01 with the built-in optical communication module detects that the optical fiber M502 is open, the data of the device S01 with the built-in optical communication module is controlled to be transmitted to the cloud server C through the optical fiber M501.

Meanwhile, the virtual cable tester M304 included in the optical communication module M3 of the device S03 with an optical communication module built therein can also detect that M502 is open, and control data of the device S02 with an optical communication module built therein to be transmitted to the cloud server C through the optical fiber M503, the device S03 with an optical communication module built therein, the optical fiber M504, the device S04 with an optical communication module built therein, the optical fiber M505, the device S05 with an optical communication module built therein, and the optical fiber M506.

When the virtual cable tester M304 included in the built-in optical communication module M3 of the device S01 with the built-in optical communication module detects that the optical fiber M502 is normal, data of the device S01 with the built-in optical communication module can be transmitted to the device S02 with the built-in optical communication module through the M502, and the data is transmitted to the cloud server C through the devices S03\ S04\ S05\ Snn with the built-in optical communication module; data may also be transmitted directly to server C through M501.

Optical fiber M501, optical fiber M502, optical fiber M504, optical fiber M505, optical fiber M506, optical fiber M5nn all have such self-healing ring data transmission process in the flowchart, the utility model discloses it is not repeated one by one.

Based on the above method, the embodiment of the utility model provides a still provide an optical switching module, optical switching module can regard as the root optical switching module execution above-mentioned data transmission method based on optical communication module of network deployment, through optical switching module and optical bus constitute self-healing ring data communication network, realize the function of network self-healing.

The embodiment of the present invention further provides a computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer-readable storage medium stores one or more programs, and when the one or more programs are executed by the processor, the above-mentioned data transmission method based on the optical communication module is implemented.

Through the above description of the embodiments, those skilled in the art will readily understand that the exemplary embodiments described in the present invention may be implemented by software, or may be implemented by software in combination with necessary hardware. Therefore, the technical solution according to the embodiments of the present invention can be embodied in the form of a software product, which can be stored in a computer-readable storage medium (which can be a CD-ROM, a usb disk, a mobile hard disk, etc.) or on a network, and includes a plurality of instructions for enabling a data processing device (which can be a personal computer, a server, or a network device, etc.) to execute the above method according to the present invention.

The computer readable storage medium may include a propagated data signal with readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated data signal may take any of a variety of forms, including, but not limited to, electro-magnetic, optical, or any suitable combination thereof. A readable storage medium may also be any readable medium that is not a readable storage medium and that can communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution electronic device, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a readable storage medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including but not limited to wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, etc., or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Program code for carrying out operations of the present invention may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including object oriented programming languages such as Java, C + + or the like and conventional procedural programming languages, such as "C" programming language or similar programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computing device, partly on the user's device, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computing device and partly on a remote computing device, or entirely on the remote computing device or server. In the case of a remote computing device, the remote computing device may be connected to the user computing device through any kind of network, including a Local Area Network (LAN) or a Wide Area Network (WAN), or may be connected to an external computing device (e.g., through the internet using an internet service provider).

The above-described embodiments are further illustrative and it is to be understood that the present invention is not inherently related to any particular computer, virtual device or electronic device, and various general-purpose devices may also be implemented. The above description is only exemplary of the present invention and should not be construed as limiting the present invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (13)

1. An optical communication module comprising: an electrical communication unit, characterized by further comprising: a switching communication main board connected with the electric communication unit, and a first optical transceiver unit and a second optical transceiver unit respectively connected with the switching communication main board, wherein:

the first optical transceiving unit is used for receiving and/or transmitting optical signals from the first device and converting the optical signals;

the second optical transceiver unit is used for receiving and/or transmitting optical signals from the second device and converting the optical signals;

forming a network system by the device connected with the electric communication unit, the first device and the second device through the first optical transceiving unit and the second optical transceiving unit;

the exchange communication mainboard is used for monitoring the working state of the devices connected with the electric communication unit so that the network system can control the data transmission among the devices according to the working state.

2. The optical communication module of claim 1, wherein the switch communication motherboard comprises: a tester and a microprocessor connected to each other, wherein:

the tester is used for monitoring the working state of a device connected with the electric communication unit;

and the microprocessor is used for sending an alarm prompt to data transmission control equipment of the network system when the tester monitors that the work is abnormal, so that the data transmission control equipment can control data transmission among all devices according to the alarm prompt.

3. The optical communication module of claim 2, wherein the switch communication motherboard further comprises: a memory and a power manager respectively connected to the microprocessor, wherein:

the memory is used for storing data received and generated by the optical communication module during working and also used for storing data generated by the operation of the microprocessor;

and the power supply manager is used for providing and managing working power supply for the optical communication module.

4. The optical communication module of claim 3, wherein the switch communication motherboard further comprises: the optical switching module is connected with the microprocessor;

the optical switching module is configured to read data transmitted by the electrical communication unit, the first optical transceiver unit, and the second optical transceiver unit, and exchange and transmit the read data;

the microprocessor is further configured to configure and monitor a working state of the optical switch module, monitor working states of the first optical transceiver unit and the second optical transceiver unit, and send a monitoring result to an external device.

5. The optical communication module of claim 2, further comprising: the first optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the first device through the first optical fiber and converts the optical signals; and the second optical transceiver unit receives and/or transmits optical signals from the second device through the second optical fiber and converts the optical signals.

6. The optical communication module of claim 5, wherein the tester is further configured to monitor the operating status of the first and second optical fibers.

7. A device having an optical communication module built therein, comprising: host computer shell, its characterized in that still includes: the optical communication module of any one of claims 1-6, the optical communication module being built into the main chassis.

8. The device of claim 7, wherein a movement module is further disposed in the main chassis, and the optical communication module is fixed to the movement module.

9. The device with built-in optical communication module according to claim 8, wherein the movement module comprises: the optical communication module comprises a core module mainboard and a fixing mechanism arranged on the core module mainboard, wherein the core module mainboard and a switching communication mainboard of the optical communication module share one mainboard, and an electric communication unit of the optical communication module is a wiring on the mainboard; or, the exchange communication mainboard of the optical communication module is fixed on the core module mainboard; the electric communication unit of the optical communication module is connected with the main board of the movement module through a connector;

the fixing mechanism is used for respectively fixing a first optical transceiver unit and a second optical transceiver unit of the optical communication module.

10. The device of any one of claims 7 to 9, wherein the main chassis comprises: the rear shell assembly or the front shell assembly is provided with optical fiber doors at positions corresponding to the first optical transceiving unit and the second optical transceiving unit respectively, and the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber are inserted into the first optical transceiving unit and the second optical transceiving unit respectively through the optical fiber doors.

11. The device with built-in optical communication module according to claim 10, further comprising: the optical fiber locking assembly is used for locking the optical fiber after the optical fiber is inserted into the optical communication module; the outer surfaces of the host shell, the optical fiber door and the optical fiber locking assembly are of waterproof designs, and waterproof sealing designs are arranged among the host shell, the optical fiber door and the optical fiber locking assembly.

12. A network system comprising a device having a plurality of built-in optical communication modules according to any one of claims 7 to 11, further comprising: and the devices of the plurality of built-in optical communication modules and the cloud server form a network through optical fiber connection among the optical communication modules.

13. The network system according to claim 12, wherein the optical communication module is further configured to monitor an operating status of the optical fiber connected thereto and a device in which the optical communication module is built;

and one optical switching module in the plurality of built-in optical communication modules is used for controlling data transmission among devices of each built-in optical communication module according to the working state monitored by each optical communication module.

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