Ring network communication structure on an optical carrier and reconfigurable node for said structure

摘要

In a ring network communication structure for communication on an optical carrier (3A, 3B), a plurality of nodes (2A, ..., 2E) are interconnected by means of connections comprising at least a first (3A) and a second (3B) optical carrier, such as an optical fibre. Transmission occurs on the ring according to a WDM scheme, by utilising a first wavelength ( lambda 1) for communication in one direction on the first carrier (3A) of said pair, while communication in the opposite direction occurs by employing a second wavelength ( lambda 2) on the other optical carrier (3B). In the presence of a failure on one of the connections, the nodes adjacent (2B, 2C) to the failed connection reconfigure themselves to ensure the continuation of communication on the alternative path provided by the ring, by utilising the first wavelength ( lambda 1) on the second carrier (3B) and the second wavelength ( lambda 2) on the first carrier (3A). Preferential application to SDH optical fibre ring networks.