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US 2012/0230672 A1Published application
Optical network element
AssigneeNokia Siemens Networks Oy
InventorErich Gottwald
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Abstract
An optical network element is provided and contains a tunable laser source and a resonator coupled with the tunable laser source. The resonator has a length that determines a distance between modes of the tunable laser source and failures during a mode transition time between modes of the tunable laser source are correctable via error correction measures. Furthermore, a communication system contains such an optical network element.
Claims15
1-15. (canceled)
An optical network element, comprising:
- a tunable laser source;
- and
- a resonator coupled with said tunable laser source, said resonator having a length for determining a distance between modes of said tunable laser source, wherein failures during a mode transition time between the modes of said tunable laser source are correctable via error correction means.
A communication system, comprising:
- an optical network element containing a tunable laser source and a resonator coupled with said tunable laser source, said resonator having a length for determining a distance between modes of said tunable laser source, wherein failures during a mode transition time between the modes of said tunable laser source are correctable via error correction means.
A method for processing data in an optical network, which comprises the steps of:
- conveying data via a tunable laser source associated with a resonator with a length that results in a distance between modes of the tunable laser source;
- and
- correcting failures during a mode transition time between the modes of the tunable laser source by error correction means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.