Optical communications – Transmitter
Reexamination Certificate
2007-11-06
2007-11-06
Belo, Agustin (Department: 2613)
Optical communications
Transmitter
C398S183000, C398S192000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10873897
ABSTRACT:
In a method and apparatus for converting optical wavelength division multiplexed channels to wireless channels, the information carrying optical carriers are first de-multiplexed and each optical carrier is then extracted from the data using an optical channelizing technique. The optical frequency of each of the extracted optical carriers is then shifted by an amount equal to the desired wireless carrier frequencies in the broadband wireless channels. Optical heterodyning of the frequency-shifted extracted lightwave carriers with the original data-containing optical signals, which are mutually in phase coherence, in a photodetector results in a set of wireless carriers each modulated with the data carried by the corresponding optical channel.
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Izadpanah Hossein
Pepper David M.
Sayyah Keyvan
Belo Agustin
HRL Laboratories LLC
Ladas & Parry
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