Optical wavelength automatic adaptation of transceivers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9692547-B2
Application number	US-201514958392-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2015
Priority date	Nov 27, 2015
Publication date	Jun 27, 2017
Grant date	Jun 27, 2017

Abstract

In some aspects, an example method may include receiving, at a receiver of a first optoelectronic module, a loss of signal indicator from a second optoelectronic module that is remote from the first optoelectronic module. The method may include iteratively cycling through transmission of optical signals on a plurality of wavelength channels to the second optoelectronic module until the loss of signal indicator terminates in response to receiving the loss of signal indicator. The method may include continuing to transmit the optical signal on a particular one of the plurality of wavelength channels in response to the loss of signal indicator terminating while transmitting an optical signal on the particular one of the plurality of wavelength channels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a receiver of a first optoelectronic module, a loss of signal indicator from a second optoelectronic module that is remote from the first optoelectronic module;
in response to receiving the loss of signal indicator, transmitting, by a transmitter of the first optoelectronic module, an optical signal on a first wavelength channel towards the second optoelectronic module; and
one of:
in response to the loss of signal indicator persisting, tuning the transmitter to transmit an optical signal on a second wavelength channel; or
in response to the loss of signal indicator terminating, continuing to transmit the optical signal on the first wavelength channel.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to the loss of signal indicator persisting, tuning the transmitter to cycle through transmission of optical signals on a plurality of wavelength channels that include the second wavelength channel until the loss of signal indicator terminates.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising, in response to the loss of signal indicator terminating while transmitting an optical signal on a particular one of the plurality of wavelength channels:
terminating the tuning of the transmitter to cycle through transmission of the optical signals on the plurality of wavelength channels; and
continuing to transmit the optical signal on the particular one of the plurality of wavelength channels.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the second optoelectronic module comprises a fixed wavelength optoelectronic module.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, at a transmitter of the second optoelectronic module, the loss of signal indicator to the first optoelectronic module in response to not receiving an optical signal on a selected wavelength channel; and
terminating, at the transmitter of the second optoelectronic module, the transmission of the loss of signal indicator to the first optoelectronic module in response to receiving an optical signal on the selected wavelength channel from the first optoelectronic module.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loss of signal indicator is received on an out-of-bound frequency.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the loss of signal indicator is received on a frequency between 0 and 2 kilohertz.

8. A method comprising:
receiving, at a receiver of a first optoelectronic module, a loss of signal indicator from a second optoelectronic module that is remote from the first optoelectronic module;
in response to receiving the loss of signal indicator, iteratively cycling through transmission of optical signals on a plurality of wavelength channels to the second optoelectronic module until the loss of signal indicator terminates; and
in response to the loss of signal indicator terminating while transmitting an optical signal on a particular one of the plurality of wavelength channels, continuing to transmit the optical signal on the particular one of the plurality of wavelength channels.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein iteratively cycling comprises, in response to the loss of signal indicator persisting, tuning the transmitter to transmit an optical signal on a subsequent wavelength channel of the plurality of wavelength channels.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second optoelectronic module comprises a fixed wavelength optoelectronic module.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transmitting, at a transmitter of the second optoelectronic module, the loss of signal indicator to the first optoelectronic module in response to not receiving an optical signal on a selected wavelength channel; and
terminating, at the transmitter of the second optoelectronic module, the transmission of the loss of signal indicator to the first optoelectronic module in response to receiving the optical signal on the selected wavelength channel from the first optoelectronic module.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the loss of signal indicator is received on an out-of-bound frequency.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the loss of signal indicator is received on a frequency between 0 and 2 kilohertz.

14. An optoelectronic module comprising:
a first receiver configured to receive a loss of signal indicator from a second optoelectronic module;
a first transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal on a first wavelength channel towards the second optoelectronic module in response to the first receiver receiving the loss of signal indicator from the second optoelectronic module; and
a wavelength tuner configured to tune the first transmitter to transmit an optical signal on a second wavelength channel in response to the loss of signal indicator persisting or to maintain the first transmitter transmitting the optical signal on the first wavelength channel in response to the loss of signal indicator terminating.

15. The optoelectronic module of claim 14 , wherein the wavelength tuner is further configured to tune the first transmitter to iteratively cycle through transmission of optical signals on a plurality of wavelength channels until the loss of signal indicator terminates.

16. The optoelectronic module of claim 14 , wherein the wavelength tuner comprises at least one of a thermoelectric cooler, a wavelength locker, or control circuitry.

17. The optoelectronic module of claim 14 , wherein the second optoelectronic module comprises a fixed wavelength optoelectronic module and a second transmitter of the second optoelectronic module comprises a fixed wavelength transmitter.

18. The optoelectronic module of claim 14 , wherein the second optoelectronic module:
transmits the loss of signal indicator to the first transmitter in response to not receiving an optical signal on a selected wavelength channel; and
terminates the transmission of the loss of signal indicator to the first transmitter in response to receiving the optical signal on the selected wavelength channel from the first optoelectronic module.

19. The optoelectronic module of claim 14 , wherein the loss of signal indicator is received on an out-of-bound frequency.

20. The optoelectronic module of claim 14 , wherein the loss of signal indicator is received on a frequency between 0 and 2 kilohertz.

Assignees

• Finisar Corp

Inventors

• He Mingshou
• Shu Huade
• Li Jing
• Ma Bin
• Jin Ronghua

Classifications

• H04J14/0256 Primary

  at the optical channel layer · CPC title

• H04J14/0295

  Shared protection at the optical channel (1:1, n:m) · CPC title

• H04B10/572

  Wavelength control · CPC title

• H04B10/40 Primary

  Transceivers · CPC title

• H04B10/07955

  Monitoring or measuring power · CPC title