High capacity resilient optical network design
AssigneeFrontier Communications Holdings, LLC
InventorJonathan Gordon Lawrence
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Abstract
An optical network is provided that includes at least one strand of a plurality of strands of optical fiber optically connected to a first fiber distribution hub and an access terminal. The at least one strand optically is also connected to a second fiber distribution hub and the access terminal. The at least one strand thus provides a full duplex optical path in a first direction from the first fiber distribution hub to the access terminal and in a second direction from the second fiber distribution hub to the access terminal.
Claims11
An optical network, comprising:
- at least one strand of a plurality of strands of optical fiber optically connected to a first fiber distribution hub and an access terminal, the same at least one strand optically connected to a second fiber distribution hub and the same access terminal, the at least one strand thus providing a full duplex optical path in a first direction from the first fiber distribution hubs to the access terminal and in a second direction from the second fiber distribution hub to the same access terminal;
- wherein the optical network implements optical wavelength division multiplexing providing a downstream data transmission wavelength different from an upstream data transmission wavelength.
An optical network, comprising:
- at least one strand of a plurality of strands of optical fiber optically connected to a first fiber distribution hub and an access terminal, the same at least one strand optically connected to a second fiber distribution hub and the same access terminal, the at least one strand thus providing a full duplex optical path in a first direction from the first fiber distribution hubs to the access terminal and in a second direction from the second fiber distribution hub to the same access terminal;
- at least one optical splitters between one of the fiber distribution hubs and the access terminal.
An optical network, comprising:
- at least one strand of a plurality of strands of optical fiber optically connected between a fiber distribution hub and an access terminal, the at least one strand extending from the fiber distribution hub to a first access terminal connection, and the at least one strand extending from a second access terminal connection to the fiber distribution hub, thus providing a full duplex optical path in a first direction from the fiber distribution hub to the first access terminal connection and in a second direction from the fiber distribution hub to the second access terminal connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.