Optical network switching device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016269809-A1
Application number	US-201615160826-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 20, 2016
Priority date	Nov 22, 2013
Publication date	Sep 15, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of optical fiber communications, and disclose an optical network switching device, which can reduce complexity of switching transmission of an optical signal in a high dimension. The device includes: at least one filter, an M×N optical switch, and at least one combiner, where the filter includes one input port and at least one branch output port, where the branch output port of the filter is connected to an input port of the M×N optical switch; and the combiner includes one output port and at least one branch input port, where the branch input port of the combiner is connected to an output port of the M×N optical switch. The embodiments of the present invention are applied to switching processing of an optical signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An optical network switching device, comprising at least one filter, an M×N optical switch, and at least one combiner,
wherein the filter comprises one input port and at least one branch output port, wherein the input port of the filter is configured to input a first wavelength division multiplexing signal, and the branch output port of the filter is connected to an input port of the M×N optical switch; and the filter is configured to split the first wavelength division multiplexing signal into branch optical signals at any wavelength, and output the branch optical signals to the M×N optical switch; and
the combiner comprises one output port and at least one branch input port, wherein the output port of each combiner is configured to output a second wavelength division multiplexing signal, and the branch input port of the combiner is connected to an output port of the M×N optical switch; and the branch input port of the combiner is configured to receive an optical signal from the M×N optical switch.

2 . The optical network switching device according to claim 1 , further comprising one wavelength conversion apparatus, wherein the wavelength conversion apparatus comprises at least one switching input port and at least one switching output port, wherein the switching input port of the wavelength conversion apparatus is connected to a switching output port of the M×N optical switch, and the switching output port of the wavelength conversion apparatus is connected to a switching input port of the M×N optical switch; and
the M×N optical switch is configured to select a wavelength conversion optical signal from optical signals received by the input port of the M×N optical switch, and input the wavelength conversion optical signal to the wavelength conversion apparatus, and the wavelength conversion apparatus is configured to change a wavelength of the wavelength conversion optical signal, and then output the wavelength conversion optical signal to the M×N optical switch again.

3 . The optical network switching device according to claim 2 , wherein the wavelength conversion apparatus comprises: at least one multiplexer, at least one demultiplexer, and a wavelength converter; and
a common port of the demultiplexer is connected to the switching input port of the wavelength conversion apparatus, a branch port of the demultiplexer is connected to an input port of the wavelength converter, a common port of the multiplexer is connected to the switching output port of the wavelength conversion apparatus, and a branch port of the multiplexer is connected to an output port of the wavelength converter, wherein the demultiplexer is configured to demultiplex the wavelength conversion optical signal; the wavelength converter is configured to perform wavelength conversion on the demultiplexed wavelength conversion optical signal, to obtain a wavelength conversion signal; and the multiplexer is configured to multiplex the wavelength conversion signal.

4 . The optical network switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the switching output port of the M×N optical switch is connected to the input port of the wavelength converter; and
the wavelength converter is further configured to perform wavelength conversion on the wavelength conversion optical signal.

5 . The optical network switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the wavelength converter comprises: at least one group of a wavelength receiver, an electrical cross-connection processor, and a tunable wavelength transmitter, wherein the wavelength receiver and the tunable wavelength transmitter are separately connected to the electrical cross-connection processor,
wherein the wavelength receiver is configured to receive the demultiplexed wavelength conversion optical signal output by the branch port of the demultiplexer; the electrical cross-connection processor is configured to convert the demultiplexed wavelength conversion optical signal into an electrical signal; and the tunable wavelength transmitter is configured to convert the electrical signal into an idle wavelength optical signal, and send the idle wavelength optical signal to the multiplexer.

6 . The optical network switching device according to claim 3 , wherein the wavelength converter comprises: at least one group of an optical wavelength converter and an optical cross-connector, wherein the optical wavelength converter is connected to the optical cross-connector,
wherein the optical wavelength converter is configured to receive the demultiplexed wavelength conversion optical signal output by the branch port of the demultiplexer, and perform wavelength conversion on the demultiplexed wavelength conversion optical signal; and the optical cross-connector is configured to perform optical cross-connection processing on the optical signal on which the wavelength conversion has been performed, and send the optical signal to the multiplexer.

7 . The optical network switching device according to claim 2 , further comprising: at least one delay line,
wherein one end of the delay line is connected to the input port of the M×N optical switch, and the other end of the delay line is connected to the output port of the M×N optical switch; and the delay line is configured to delay the wavelength conversion optical signal.

8 . The optical network switching device according to claim 1 , wherein the M×N optical switch comprises at least one input port for receiving an add wavelength signal and at least one output port for outputting a drop wavelength signal, wherein the input port is configured to receive an add wavelength signal, the N×N optical switch is configured to transmit the add wavelength signal to a corresponding combiner, and optical multiplexing is performed on the add wavelength signal and the branch optical signals at any wavelength by using the combiner, to generate and output the second wavelength division multiplexing signal; and
the M×N optical switch is further configured to select a drop wavelength signal from the branch optical signals at any wavelength, and deliver the drop wavelength signal at the output port.

9 . The optical network switching device according to claim 8 , further comprising: at least one wavelength adding module and at least one wavelength dropping module,
wherein the wavelength adding module comprises one input port and at least one branch output port, wherein the input port of the wavelength adding module is configured to receive a locally added signal, and the branch output port of the wavelength adding module is connected to the input port of the M×N optical switch; and is configured to convert the locally added signal into the add wavelength signal, and transmit the add wavelength signal to the input port of the M×N optical switch; and the wavelength dropping module comprises at least one output port and at least one branch input port, wherein the output port of the wavelength dropping module is configured to deliver a signal to a local user port, and the branch input port of the wavelength dropping module is connected to the output port of the M×N optical switch; and is configured to receive the drop wavelength signal from the output port of the M×N optical switch, and convert the drop wavelength signal into the signal delivered to the local user port.

10 . The optical network switching device according to claim 9 , wherein the wavelength adding module is a multiplexer, and the wavelength dropping module is a demultiplexer.

11 . The optical network switching device according to claim 8 , further comprising: at least one multiplexer,
wherein a common port of the multiplexer is connected to the input port of

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Chendi
• Geng Dongyu

Classifications

• H04Q2011/0039

  Electrical control · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0058

  Crossbar; Matrix · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0011

  using wavelength conversion · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0041

  Optical control · CPC title

• H04J14/021

  Reconfigurable arrangements, e.g. reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers [ROADM] or tunable optical add/drop multiplexers [TOADM] · CPC title