Equipments including transponder for optical fiber transmission

A transponder comprising:

• a plurality of optical receivers each of which converts one of a plurality of low speed optical information signals having respectively different optical wavelength into an electric signal;
• a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes all of the electric signals from said plurality of optical receivers into a time sequence of a time multiplexed electrical signal;
• an optical transmitter which converts said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal to a high speed optical information signal having a speed higher than a speed of said optical signals having different wavelength;
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• a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said plurality of optical receivers and said demultiplexing circuit which compensates propagation delay differences of each of electrical signals outputted from said plurality of optical receivers.

An optical wavelength multiplex transmission device comprising:

• a transponder including an optical receiver for receiving a high speed optical information signal and for converting the high speed optical information signal to an electrical signal, a demultiplexing circuit for separating said electrical signal into a plurality of low speed information signals having a speed lower than the speed of said high speed optical information signal,
• a plurality of optical transmitters each of which converts one of said low speed electrical signals into an optical signal of mutually different wavelengths,
• a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said demultiplexing circuit and plurality of optical transmitters which compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of the optical signals outputted from said plurality of optical transmitters;
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• an optical multiplexer for multiplexing outputs of said plurality of optical transmitters and for transmission to an inter-site circuit.

An optical wavelength multiplex transmission device comprising:

• an optical demultiplexer which receives a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal having a plurality of optical signals of mutually different wavelengths transmitted from an inter-site circuit and demultiplexes said wavelength division multiplexed optical signal into a plurality of low speed optical information signals having mutually different wavelengths;
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• a transponder which has a plurality of optical receivers each of which converts each of said plurality of low speed optical information signals respectively into an electric signal, a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said electric signals from said plurality of optical receivers into a time sequence of a time multiplexed electrical signal, an optical transmitter which converts said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal to a high speed optical information signal having a speed higher than a speed of said optical signals having mutually different wavelengths, and
• a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said plurality of optical receivers and said demultiplexing circuit which compensates propagation delay differences of each of electrical signals outputted from said plurality of optical receivers.

An optical wavelength multiplex transmission system constructed by a transmitting part having a first wavelength multiplexing transmission device connected to information communication devices through at least one of a plurality of intra-optical fibers, and a receiving part having a second wavelength multiplexing transmission device connected to the first wavelength multiplexing transmission device through an inter-optical fiber, wherein said first wavelength multiplex transmission device comprises:

• a first transponder including an a optical receiver receiving a first high speed optical information signal through a first intra-site transmission line, and converting the first high speed optical information signal to an electrical signal, a demultiplexing circuit for separating said electrical signal to a plurality of low speed information signals having a speed lower than the speed of said high speed optical information signal, a plurality of optical transmitters each of which converts one of said low speed electrical signals to an optical signal having mutually different wavelengths;
• a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said demultiplexing circuit and the plurality of optical transmitters which compensates mutual propagation delay differences between each of the optical signals outputted from said plurality of optical transmitters when said optional signals are propagated through said inter-optical fiber;
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• an optical multiplexer which multiplexes outputs of said plurality of optical transmitters to a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal and which transmits the wavelength multiplexed optical signal though said inter-optical fiber.

An optical wavelength multiplexing transmission system comprising:

• an optical demultiplexer which receives a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal having a plurality of optical signals of mutually different wavelengths transmitted through an inter-optical fiber and which demultiplexes said wavelength division multiplexed optical signal into a plurality of low speed optical information signals having mutually different wavelengths;
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• a transponder which has a plurality of optical receivers each of which converts each of said plurality of low speed optical information signals to an electric signal, a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes electric signals from said plurality of optical receivers into a time sequence of a time multiplexed electrical signal, an optical transmitter which converts said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal to a high speed optical information signal having a speed higher than a speed of said optical signals having mutually different wavelengths;
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• a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said plurality of optical receivers and said demultiplexing circuit which compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of electrical signals outputted from said plurality of optical receivers.

An optical wavelength multiplexing transmission device comprising:

• an optical demultiplexer which demultiplexes a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal from an inter-site optical fiber to a first plurality of individual wavelength components;
• a first transponder which has a plurality of optical receivers each of which converts each of said first plurality of individual wavelength components to an electric signal, a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said electric signals into a time sequence of a time multiplexed electrical signal, and a transmitter which transmits said time sequence of a time multiplex electrical signal, a transmitter which transmits said time sequence of a time multiplex electrical signal to a first intra-site circuit, and a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said plurality of optical receivers and said demultiplexing circuit which compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of electrical signals outputted from said plurality of optical receivers;
• a second transponder which has a first means for receiving said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal from said first transponder, a second means for converting said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal to a plurality of electrical signals, and a plurality of optical transmitters each of which converts each of said plurality of electrical signals to an optical signal having mutually different wavelengths;
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• an optical multiplexer which multiplexes said optical signals and effects transmission to an inter-site circuit.

An optical wavelength multiplexing transmission device comprising:

• an optical demultiplexer which demultiplexes a wavelength division multiplexed optical signal from an inter-site optical fiber to a first plurality of individual wavelength components;
• a first transponder which has a plurality of optical receivers each of which converts each of said first plurality of individual wavelength components to an electric signal, a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said electric signals into a time sequence of a time multiplexed electrical signal, and a transmitter which transmits said time sequence of a time multiplex electrical signal to a first intra-site circuit;
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• a second transponder which has a first means for receiving said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal from said first transponder, a second means for converting said time sequence of time multiplexed electrical signal to a plurality of electrical signals, a plurality of optical transmitters each of which converts each of said plurality of electrical signals to an optical signal having mutually different wavelengths, and a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said second means and said plurality of optical transmitters which compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of the optical signals outputted from said plurality of optical transmitters;
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• an optical multiplexer which multiplexes said optical signals and effects transmission to an inter-site circuit.

An information communication device having an output part outputting a plurality of first parallel information signals, an input part inputting a plurality of second parallel information signals, and an interface device, wherein:

• said interface device has a first connecting part connecting said output part and an output optical fiber through a first transponder and a second connecting part connecting said input part and an input optical fiber, through a second transponder,
• said first transponder having a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said plurality of first parallel information signals to a time sequence of a time multiplexed electric signal, an optical transmitter which converts the output of said multiplexing circuit to an optical signal and adds said optical signal to said output optical fiber, and a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said output part and said multiplexing circuit which one of compensates mutual delay differences of each of electrical signals outputted from said output part and compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of the optical signals;
• said second transponder having an optical receiver which receive an optical signal from said input optical fiber and converts to an electric signal, a separating circuit which separates said electric signal into a plurality of low speed signals;
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• said first connecting part includes an information adding means for adding fault monitoring signals to the output of said first transponder said connecting part including an information detecting means for detecting fault monitoring signals from outputs of said second transponder.

An information communication device having an output part outputting a plurality of first parallel information signals, an input part Inputting a plurality of second parallel information signals, and an interface device, wherein:

• said interface device has a first connecting part connecting said output part and an output optical fiber through a first transponder and a second connecting part connecting said input part and an input optical fiber, through a second transponder;
• said first transponder having a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said plurality of first parallel information signals to a time sequence of a time multiplexed electric signal, and an optical transmitter which converts the output of said multiplexing circuit to an optical signal and adds said optical signal to said output optical fiber;
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• said second transponder having an optical receiver which receive an optical signal from said input optical fiber and converts to an electric signal, a separating circuit which separates said electric signal into a plurality of low speed signals, and a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said separating circuit and said input part which compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of the plurality of electrical signals outputted from said separating circuit;
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• said first connecting part includes an information adding means for adding fault monitoring signals to the output of said first transponder, said connecting part including an information detecting means for detecting fault monitoring signals from outputs of said second transponder.

An information communication device having an output part outputting a plurality of first parallel information signals, an input part Inputting a plurality of second parallel information signals, and an interface device, wherein

• said interface device has a first connecting part connecting said output part and an output optical fiber through a first transponder and a second connecting part connecting said input part and an input optical fiber, through a second transponder,
• said first transponder having a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said plurality of first parallel information signals to a time sequence of a time multiplexed electric signal, an optical transmitter which converts the output of said multiplexing circuit to an optical signal and adds said optical signal to said output optical fiber, and a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said output part and said multiplexing circuit which one of compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of the electrical signals outputted from said output part and compensates propagation delay differences generated during transmission through an optical fiber;
• said second transponder having an optical receiver receiving an optical signal from said input optical fiber and converting the optical signal to an electric signal, a separating circuit which separates said electric signal into a plurality of low speed signals;
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• said first connecting part includes an information adding means for adding error correcting signals to said plurality of first parallel information signals, said second connecting part including an information detecting means for detecting the error correcting signals from outputs of said second transponder.

An information communication device having an output part outputting a plurality of first parallel information signals, an input part inputting a plurality of second parallel information signals, and an interface device, wherein:

• said interface device has a first connecting part connecting said output part and an output optical fiber through a first transponder and a second connecting part connecting said input part and an input optical fiber, through a second transponder;
• said first transponder having a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said plurality of first parallel information signals to a time sequence of a time multiplexed electric signal, and an optical transmitter which converts the output of said multiplexing circuit to an optical signal and adds said optical signal to said output optical fiber;
• said second transponder having an optical receiver receiving an optical signal from said input optical fiber and converting the optical signal to an electric signal, a separating circuit which separates said electric signal into a plurality of low speed signals, and a propagation delay difference compensating circuit provided between said separating circuit and said input part which compensates mutual propagation delay differences of each of the plurality of electrical signals outputted from said separating circuit;
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• said first connecting part includes an information adding means for adding error correcting signals to said plurality of first parallel information signals, said second connecting part including an information detecting means for detecting the error correcting signals from outputs of said second transponder.

An information communication device having an output part outputting a plurality of first parallel information signals, an input part inputting a plurality of second parallel information signals, and an interface device, wherein:

• said interface device has a first connecting part connecting said output part and an output optical fiber through a first transponder and a second connecting part connecting said input part and an input optical fiber, through a second transponder;
• said first transponder having a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said plurality of first parallel information signals to a time sequence of a time multiplexed electric signal, and an optical transmitter which converts the output of said multiplexing circuit to an optical signal and adds said optical signal to said output optical fiber;
• said second transponder having an optical receiver which receive an optical signal from said input optical fiber and converts to an electric signal, a separating circuit which separates said electric signal into a plurality of low speed signals;
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• said first connecting part includes an information adding means for adding fault monitoring signals to the output of said first transponder, said connecting part including an information detecting means for detecting fault monitoring signals from outputs of said second transponder.

An Information communication device having an output part outputting a plurality of first parallel information signals, an input part inputting a plurality of second parallel information signals, and an interface device, wherein:

• said interface device has a first connecting part connecting said output part and an output optical fiber through a first transponder and a second connecting part connecting said input part and an input optical fiber, through a second transponder;
• said first transponder having a multiplexing circuit which multiplexes said plurality of first parallel information signals to a time sequence of a time multiplexed electric signal, and an optical transmitter which converts the output of said multiplexing circuit to an optical signal and adds said optical signal to said output optical fiber;
• said second transponder having an optical receiver receiving an optical signal from said input optical fiber and converting the optical signal to an electric signal, and a separating circuit which separates said electric signal into a plurality of low speed signals;
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• said first connecting part includes an information adding means for adding error correcting signals to said plurality of second parallel information signals, said second connecting part including an information detecting means for detecting the error correcting signals from outputs of said second transponder.