Finisar Corporation

Lew Aronson

Paul Kessler Rosenberg

Lucy G Hosking

Ramesh Sundaram

Jignesh H Shah

Marcin Matuszkiewicz

Rudy Hofmeister

Beck Mason

Out-of-band data communication of diagnostic and/or configuration data is performed using transceivers in a data or communication network. A light beam or other carrier is modulated with high-speed data and out-of-band diagnostic and/or configuration data to create a double modulated data signal. A physical layer signal is created that includes modulations of the double modulated signal. The physical layer signal is transmitted onto a physical link. The diagnostic and/or configuration data can be transmitted in the out-of-band signal without substantially reducing or otherwise interfering with the transmission rate of the high-speed data.

Network data transmission and diagnostic methods using out-of-band data

Out-of-band data communication of diagnostic or other data is performed using transceivers in a data or communication network. A light beam or other carrier is modulated with high-speed data and out-of-band data to create a double modulated data signal. A physical layer signal is created that includes modulations of the double modulated signal. The physical layer signal is transmitted onto a physical link. The diagnostic or other data can be transmitted in the out-of-band signal without substantially reducing or otherwise interfering with the transmission rate of the high-speed data.

Out-of-band data communication between network transceivers

Embodiments of the invention generally provide an optical component configured to minimize reflectance. The component generally includes an optical housing having a bore formed therethrough, the bore having a central component receiving portion, and a glass block positioned in the component receiving portion in abutment with a fiber receiving bore. The component further includes a fuzzy mount secured in the central component receiving portion, the fuzzy mount being secured via a plurality of extending teeth formed on an outer surface thereof, the teeth being configured to engage an inner surface of the central component receiving portion to secure the fuzzy mount therein.

Method and apparatus for reducing reflectance in an optical mount using a glass spacer

Embodiments of the invention generally provide an optical component configured to minimize reflectance. The component generally includes an optical housing having a device receiving end, a fiber receiving end, and an intermediate portion, wherein a bore connects the fiber receiving end to the device receiving end via the intermediate portion. The component further includes a split sleeve assembly press fitted into the intermediate portion, and a fiber stub press fitted into the split sleeve assembly, the fiber stub being positioned proximate a terminating end of the split sleeve.

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Los Altos, CA, United States of America

Lew Aronson