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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2009
David William Smith, Woodbridge, GB;
David William Smith, Woodbridge, GB;
The Centre For Integrated Photonics Limited, Suffolk, GB;
Abstract
An optical transmission network comprises a multi-wavelength source () shared between multiple sets of client side equipment for manipulating electrical signals. A first wavelength selective routing element () is connected to the multi-wavelength source (). Each set of client-side equipment () comprises an optical modulator () connected to the first wavelength selective routing element () and an optical receiver (). A second wavelength selective routing element () is connected to the optical receiver () and is operative to direct incoming signals from one or more remote locations to the optical receiver (). The network provides a WDM architecture solution for networks whereby the cost of implementing and running client side equipment () is reduced by not having the WDM source () within the client side equipment ().