Optical link synthesis system
AssigneeVPIsystems
InventorsDissanayake M. Premaratne, Peter J. Feder, Julian N. Walford, Rudolf Moosburger
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Abstract
A method of optimising the componentry of an optical data transmission link, the link comprising a series of optical components interconnected by a fiber network, the method comprising the steps of: (a) calculating an equivalent fiber representation for the link; (b) utilising an optimisation algorithm to eliminate redundant optical components from the link; (c) utilising an optimisation algorithm to determine the input channel power of the link.
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A method of calculating an equivalent optical fiber representation of a multiplicity of optical fibers, the method including the step of:
- (a) successively combining the parameters of a pair of adjacent optical fibers to compute the parameters of a combined optical fiber that has substantially the same transmission properties as the two adjacent optical fibers;
- wherein one of the pair of adjacent optical fibers is a previously computed combined optical fiber.
A method of calculating an equivalent optical fiber representation of a multiplicity of optical fibers, the method including the step of:
- (a) combining the parameters of a multiplicity of optical fibers comprising an arbitrary combination of actual fibers and equivalent fiber representations, to compute the parameters of a single replacement fiber that has substantially the same transmission properties as the multiplicity of fibers.
A method for optimizing the topology of an optical data transmission link, the link comprising a series of optical components interconnected by optical fiber sections, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) calculating an equivalent fiber representation of the link;
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- (b) utilising said equivalent fiber representation to determine if any of the series of optical components can be eliminated from the link.
A method of optimising the componentry of an optical data transmission link, the link comprising a series of optical components interconnected by a fiber network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) calculating an equivalent fiber representation for the link;
- (b) utilising an optimisation algorithm to eliminate redundant optical components from the link;
- (c) utilising an optimisation algorithm to determine the input channel power of said link.
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