CODE-BASED OPTICAL NETWORKS, METHODS, AND APPARATUS

摘要

Optical communication systems (110) include a central station (103) that encodes data transmitted to multiplexing stations (111, 113) or user stations (117). The central station (103) also decodes data received from the multiplexing stations (111, 113) or user stations (117). Encoding and decoding are performed using codes, such as composite codes, that designate sources and destinations for data. The multiplexing stations (111, 113), user stations (117), and the central station (103) have address encoders and decoders that use, for example, fiber Bragg gratings to encode or decode optical signals according to a code such as a composite code derived by combining codes from one or more sets of codes. A passive optical network comprises one or more levels of multiplexing stations (111, 113) that use such address decoders and encoders to receive, decode, and encode data for transmission toward a central station (103) or a user station (117).