Method and system for suppressing ASE on a WDM network

Details Method and system for suppressing ASE on a WDM network Method and system for suppressing ASE on a WDM network

2006-05-30

2006-05-30

Chan, Jason (Department: 2633)

Optical communications

Multiplex

Wavelength division or frequency division

C398S082000, C398S084000, C398S085000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07054562

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for assigning channel bands to a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) system is disclosed. The WDM system includes an arrangement of optical amplifiers, banded optical add-drop multiplexers (OADMs) having blocking filters, and a tunable edge filter. The channel band assignment method suppresses amplified stimulated emissions (ASE) in a partially populated system in which at least one of the blocking filters is not in the transmission path. Channel bands are assigned from one edge of an amplified transmission window to the other in a sequential order and the tunable edge filter is adjusted to attenuate ASE wavelengths not blocked by the blocking filters as channels are assigned. A channel decommissioning method is also disclosed which employs similar techniques and the tunable edge filter to suppress ASE as blocking filters are removed or otherwise deselected from the transmission path.

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