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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2009
Martin Chown, Essex, GB;
Stuart Barnes, Essex, GB;
Stephen M. Webb, Kent, GB;
David C. Winterburn, Herts, GB;
Martin Chown, Essex, GB;
Stuart Barnes, Essex, GB;
Stephen M. Webb, Kent, GB;
David C. Winterburn, Herts, GB;
Xtera Communications Ltd., Harold Wood, Romford, Essex, GB;
Abstract
A wavelength division multiplexing transmission system, the system comprising: a plurality of channels at different wavelengths, each channel comprising a transmitter, a receiver, and one or more amplifiers, the system further comprising an encoder for encoding data with a coding, and; a decoder for decoding transmitted data; prioritizing means for prioritizing the data on each channel; monitoring means for monitoring directly or indirectly, raw (uncorrected) bit errors on each channel; power adjusting means for, varying the power on a channel in response to the bit error rate.