Abstract: A connector panel for plug-in units in a telecommunication system, the telecommunication system including a sub-rack or shelf having a backplane for power supply of a number of N plug-in units within the shelf and for enabling the N plug-in units within the shelf to communicate with each other; wherein the connector panel is an entity separate from the backplane and includes a number of m connectors providing an interface between n dedicated plug-in units among the N plug-in units within the shelf, with 2?n<N and m?n; and wherein the connector panel is configured to be removably attached at an interior wall of the shelf.

Abstract: In a network terminal (ONU) of an optical network near end crosstalk (NEC) is compensated by a digital generated cancellation signal. To establish a connection with another terminal (OLT) signals avoiding NEC are transmitted and the compensation is performed while the power of the transmitted signal is increased in steps.

Abstract: Component signal values are derived from component signals and fed to at least one fixed equalizer which generates equalizer output signals. The signals are fed to phase error detectors generating phase error signals. The phase error signals are combined with further phase error signals derived by further error detectors receiving signal values from further equalizers and/or the component signal values directly from sample units.

Abstract: It is provided an apparatus, comprising a box configured to conduct an optical fiber from an exterior to an interior of the box; at least one of a mounting means adapted to mount a connecting means to which the optical fiber may be connected and a guiding means adapted to guide the optical fiber, wherein the at least one of the mounting means and the guiding means is arranged in the interior of the box; a detecting means arranged in the interior of the box adapted to detect a first signal from the interior of the box, wherein the first signal is at least one of a light and a smoke; wherein the interior of the box is substantially shielded from a second signal from an exterior of the box, and the detecting means is suitable to detect the second signal in a same manner as the first signal.

Abstract: The invention describes a method and an arrangement for transmitting an optical transmission signal with reduced polarization-dependent loss. A first transmission signal component and a second orthogonal transmission signal component of the optical transmission signal are transmitted with a time difference between said transmission signal components.

Abstract: An optical IQ modulator (IQM) including two parallel Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM1, MZM2) generates single sideband data signals. A control unit (18) generates additional optical single sideband pilot signals (PS1, PS2) positioned in a lower and a higher sideband respectively, and also further pilot signals (PS3, PS4) in both sidebands. A IQ modulator output signal (MOS) converted into electrical monitoring signals (MOS) and monitored. A control unit (18) selects control signals (CS12, CS3, CS4) and controls the IQ modulator via its bias ports (6, 7, 8) till the power transfer functions (PTF) of the Mach-Zehnder modulators (MZM1, MZM2) and the phase difference (??) between their output signals is optimized.

Abstract: A method and a device for data processing in an optical communication network are provided, wherein in an energy saving mode of a polarization multiplexing system data signals are transmitted or received via one polarization plane; and wherein components of the transmitter or receiver of the other polarization plane are at least partially operated in a reduced power mode. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising said device.

Abstract: A method and a device is provided driving an optical laser diode (710, 711) during operation in an optical communication network, by determining a laser transfer function (741, 742) during operation of the laser diode (710, 711) and providing a control signal (750, 749) for driving the laser diode (710, 711) according to the laser transfer function (741, 742). Further, a method for driving a first and a second optical laser diode during operation in an optical communication network is provided. Furthermore, an optical amplifier and a communication system is suggested.

Abstract: A photonic cross-connect arrangement is presented which is able to cope with the transmission of super-channels, wherein complete super-channels are dropped and added to change a direction of transport. At least a cyclic filter is used in a drop-branch of a cross-connect for dividing a super-channel into sub-channels and/or at least a further cyclic filter is used in an add-branch to configure a super-channel.

Abstract: An optical network is suggested, comprising a first set of optical fibers, a multimode multiplexer, a multimode amplifier, a multimode demultiplexer, and a second set of optical fibers, wherein the first set of optical fibers is connected via the multimode multiplexer to the multimode amplifier and wherein the multimode amplifier is connected via the multimode demultiplexer to the second set of optical fibers. Accordingly, an optical network element is provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method for decoding an optical data signal. Said optical data signal is phase and amplitude modulated according to a constellation diagram with at least eight constellation points representing non-binary symbols. Said decoding method comprises the following steps: —carrying out a carrier phase recovery of a received signal ignoring the possible occurrence of phase slips, —decoding said signal after phase recovery, wherein in said decoding, possible cycle slips occurring during phase recovery are modelled as virtual input to an equivalent encoder assumed by the decoding scheme. Further disclosed are a related encoding method as well as a receiver and a transmitter.

Abstract: An optical communication system, a method and a network device for an optical network are provided, wherein the device comprises a first port coupled with a first optical fiber link, a second port coupled with a second optical fiber link, the first port and the second port being configured to be coupled with respect to each other in case of a failure of the first optical fiber link or in case of a failure of the second optical fiber link.

Abstract: The invention refers a method and an arrangement for channel set up in an optical network. An optical signal path is configured for a certain optical channel signal (OC1) of a WDM-signal. This channel signal (OC1) is on-off-modulated by a modulation test signal (MT1) having a predetermined lower frequency and is generating a channel test signal (OT1). This channel test signal (OT1) is combined with other optical channels (OC2-OCn) to the WDM-signal (WS) and transmitted via said path. At a start node (1) or a downstream node (3, 5) a measurement signal (EMI, EM3) is derived from the complete WDM-signal (WS) without wavelength de-multiplexing. The measurement signal (EMI, EM3) is compared with a correlation signal (MC1) and an obtained power level (PC1) is used to adjust the channel power (PC1, PC2, PC3) to achieve predetermined target power values (PC1-PC4) at different power monitoring points (19, 40, 41, 58).

Abstract: A method for data processing in an optical network component includes filtering and optically equalizing an incoming optical signal and modulating the optically equalized signal. A corresponding optical network component is also provided.

Abstract: A received POLMUX signal is rotated by fixed rotation parameters (Rot0, Rot1, Rot2) and the rotated POLMUX signal with optimal signal performance is selected and phase information is derived from both polarities. A pre-filter improves the timing accuracy.

Abstract: A method for operating an optical network element is provided, wherein based on a quality parameter a subsequent set of parameters is selected to operate the optical network element. Also, an according optical network element and a communication system comprising at least one such optical network element are suggested.

Abstract: An optical network element has a light source which provides an optical signal that is fed to at least two modulators. Each modulator provides an optical carrier signal that is conveyed to a receiving unit. The receiving unit is configured to determine a deviation signal between the optical carrier signal and a carrier conveyed via an incoming signal and to feed the deviation signal to the modulator for adjusting the frequency and/or the phase of the optical carrier signal. Also, a corresponding method for processing data and a communication system with at least one optical network are described.

Abstract: A method and a device for conveying optical data are provided, wherein an optical network unit conveys data to a terminal via dual sideband modulation, wherein the terminal processes only the upper or only the lower sideband received from the optical network unit, and wherein several dual sideband modulated signals from several optical network units partially overlap when being received at the terminal. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising at least one such device.

Abstract: A method for an optical communication system and an optical communication system comprising a pump source configured to generate a pump signal having rotating polarization, a polarization sensitive receiver for receiving the optical signal having a polarization tracking cut-off frequency, wherein the polarization of the pump signal is configured to rotate at a predetermined frequency of polarization rotation and the frequency of polarization rotation of the pump signal is higher than the polarization tracking cut-off frequency of the receiver. Suitable for mitigation of cross-polarization modulation (XPolM) related effects in coherent polarization multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying (CP-QPSK) systems.

Abstract: Method and device for processing a communication network A method and a device for processing a communication network are provided, wherein (a) a first performance parameter of the communication network is determined; (b) a third performance parameter is determined based on the first performance parameter and a second performance parameter, which second performance parameter was previously determined, wherein the second performance parameter comprises a forecast of an expected network performance over time until the end of the scheduled lifetime of the communication network; and (c) the communication network is processed based on the third performance parameter. Furthermore, an according computer program product is suggested.