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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 1994
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toru Nakata, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04J / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359123 ; 359124 ; 359135 ; 359158 ;
Abstract
In a wavelength-tuning and clock-synchronous system in an optical communication network, a reference office transmits a reference signal via a single transmission line. Data of a reference wavelength and data of a reference clock are superposed in the reference signal. A transmitter office supplies an optical signal whose wavelength is tuned based on the reference wavelength extracted from the reference signal and whose clock is synchronized based on the reference clock extracted from the reference signal. A receiver office receives wavelength-division-multiplexed signals as time-division-demultiplexed parallel data by using a clock extracted from the reference signal.