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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:
Feb. 14, 1995
Filed:
Feb. 12, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Vincent A O'Byrne, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
GTE Laboratories Incorporated, Waltham, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359191 ; 359189 ;
Abstract
In an optical heterodyne communication system for transmission of multiple optical channels at different wavelenths, the optical channels are grouped into blocks for increased utilization of the available bandwidth. The spacing between optical channels within a block is typically equal to or somewhat greater than the channel bandwidth. The spacing between blocks is such that when the optical signal is heterodyned with a local oscillator lightwave, the interference with a selected optical channel from adjacent blocks does not exceed a predetermined level.