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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2012
Chandrasekhar Sethumadhavan, Matawan, NJ (US);
Xiang Liu, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Peter J. Winzer, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Alan H. Gnauck, Middletown, NJ (US);
Chandrasekhar Sethumadhavan, Matawan, NJ (US);
Xiang Liu, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Peter J. Winzer, Aberdeen, NJ (US);
Alan H. Gnauck, Middletown, NJ (US);
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A space division multiplexed (SDM) transmission system that includes at least two segments of transmission media in which a spatial assignment of the two segments is different is provided. For example, the SDM transmission may include a first segment of transmission media having a first spatial assignment and a second segment of transmission media having a second spatial assignment, wherein the first spatial assignment differs from the second spatial assignment. An example method obtains an optical signal on a first segment of transmission media having a first spatial assignment and forwards the optical signal on a second segment of transmission media with a different spatial assignment. The transmission media may be a multi-core fiber (MCF), a multi-mode fiber (MMF), a few-mode fiber (FMF), or a ribbon cable comprising nominally uncoupled single-mode fiber (SMF).