Fault tolerant optical cross-channel data link

Optical: systems and elements – Deflection using a moving element – Using a periodically moving element

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359110, 359127, 359152, 370 161, 371 206, 34082505, H04B 1020, H04J 1400

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ABSTRACT:
A cross-channel data link for interconnecting a plurality of computers together in a ring configuration using a single optical fiber between adjacent communication nodes includes wavelength division multiplexing circuitry in a way that improves the fault diagnostic capabilities of the system. By using a particular transmission protocol in which optical data representing signals of two discrete wavelengths are fed through a single optical fiber with one progressing in the clockwise direction and the other in a counterclockwise direction in two recurring time frames, at the conclusion each of the computers is guaranteed to have identical data irrespective of any single point failure in the data link.

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