Use of multiple shared wavelength lockers to stabilize transponders in a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network

摘要

An apparatus comprising at least one processor configured to receive a wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) signal from a remote node, wherein the WDM signal comprises a first channel carrying a first remotely generated signal, a second channel carrying a second remotely generated signal, and a third channel, adapt the WDM signal into a composite WDM signal by: dropping the first remotely generated signal from the first channel; adding a first locally generated signal to the first channel; and adding a second locally generated signal to the third channel, and provide wavelength locking to the first locally generated signal and the second locally generated signal without providing wavelength locking to the second remotely generated signal.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor configured to: receive a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) signal from a remote node, wherein the WDM signal comprises a first channel carrying a first remotely generated signal, a second channel carrying a second remotely generated signal, and a third channel; adapt the WDM signal into a composite WDM signal by: dropping the first remotely generated signal from the first channel; adding a first locally generated signal to the first channel; and adding a second locally generated signal to the third channel; and provide wavelength locking to the first locally generated signal and the second locally generated signal without providing wavelength locking to the second remotely generated signal based on a dither frequency associated with the apparatus.