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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2000
Leonard George Cohen, Atlanta, GA (US);
David Brian Patterson, Succasunna, NJ (US);
James Harold Murdock, Randolph, NJ (US);
Brian Charles Moore, Morristown, NJ (US);
Adolph Henry Moesle, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Koo Il Kang, Edison, NJ (US);
Darlene Louise Hart, Morristown, NJ (US);
General Dynamics Advanced Technology Systems, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Abstract
Multiple function bandwidth management systems. Bandwidth-management systems for an optical network are easily assembled by concatenating a plurality of intelligent, miniaturized, bandwidth-management modules (BMM's) together. The BMM's subdivide the wide available spectrum into narrow band segments. Each individual BMM is designed to overcome loss and optimize dispersion, gain, and power or gain equalization for a few channels at a time. Each device includes optical connectors and filters, as well as any other components necessary to direct the band of optical channels through the device's optical path while passing other optical channels within the spectrum to additional devices which can be connected without disturbing existing bandwidth-management modules. Each BMM also includes a digital control module that operates the BMM in any one of a plurality of selectable operating modes.