Abstract: A method for determining the latency or length of an optical path of a fiber-optic transmission link includes: starting a measurement cycle at a first point in time; stopping the measurement cycle at a second point in time after having received a last measurement bit or bit pattern at the first end; determining, at the first end, the total round-trip delay of the optical path by evaluating a time information available at the first end; and calculating the length of the optical path by using the total round-trip delay and the group velocity characterizing the signal propagation along the optical path.

Abstract: An optical connecting system for connecting a first and a second optical device includes a first and a second multi-fiber device connector included in the first and second optical device and a multi-fiber optical connection cable including a plurality of optical fibers and having a first and a second multi-fiber cable connector at a first and second end thereof and being adapted to be connected to the first and second multi-fiber device connector. The optical devices are configured to transmit to and/or receive from the other optical device wanted optical data signals via optical fibers of the multi-optical fiber connection cable.

Abstract: A method for determining the latency or length of an optical path of a fiber-optic transmission link includes: starting a measurement cycle at a first point in time; stopping the measurement cycle at a second point in time after having received a last measurement bit or bit pattern at the first end; determining, at the first end, the total round-trip delay of the optical path by evaluating a time information available at the first end; and calculating the length of the optical path by using the total round-trip delay and the group velocity characterizing the signal propagation along the optical path.

Abstract: An optical connecting system for connecting a first and a second optical device includes a first and a second multi-fiber device connector included in the first and second optical device and a multi-fiber optical connection cable including a plurality of optical fibers and having a first and a second multi-fiber cable connector at a first and second end thereof and being adapted to be connected to the first and second multi-fiber device connector. The optical devices are configured to transmit to and/or receive from the other optical device wanted optical data signals via optical fibers of the multi-optical fiber connection cable.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the transmission of a digital signal in inverse multiplexing, particularly via an Optical Transport Network (OTN), in which a digital signal to be transmitted, which is split into a certain number M of several sub-signals, where each sub-signal of a transmit side of a transmission line assigned exclusively to this sub-signal is transmitted to a reception side of the assigned transmission line, and in which, on the reception side of the transmission lines, the sub-signals are reassembled to a digital reception signal.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the transmission of a digital signal in inverse multiplexing, particularly via an Optical Transport Network (OTN), in which a digital signal to be transmitted, which is split into a certain number M of several sub-signals, where each sub-signal of a transmit side of a transmission line assigned exclusively to this sub-signal is transmitted to a reception side of the assigned transmission line, and in which, on the reception side of the transmission lines, the sub-signals are reassembled to a digital reception signal.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining and setting the tilting of the spectrum of light signals in an optical fiber of an optical data transmission path having at least one part for varying the tilting of the spectrum, wherein the light signals are amplified by at least one optical amplifier and a portion of the amplified light signals is extracted, the extracted light signals are then partially guided through an influencing element with a known frequency-dependent intensity influence, the influencing element being an amplifier, a waveguide structure or a fiber with an amplifying action, the total intensity of the extracted light signals is then measured upstream and downstream of the influencing element prior to the extracted light signals being guided through the influencing element, and the control criterion is determined, based on the known frequency-dependent intensity influence of the influencing element and the measured total intensity, for setting the tilting via which the part for varying the tilting i

Abstract: The performance of concatenated codes are improved by generating check bits from information bits, which are represented by an information matrix, by an outer code. The information bits and the check bits are cyclically shifted to obtain an interleaved code matrix. Then, the bits of the interleaved code matrix are coded by an inner code, where at least the outer code, or the inner code, is a product code.

Abstract: A method and arrangement for the determination and separation of single channel effects “Group Velocity Dispersion” (GVD), “Self Phase Modulation” (SPM), “Intra Channel Cross-talk” (ICC) and “Stimulated Brillouin Scattering” (SBS) on optical transmission of a wavelength multiplex (WDM) signal which comprises several channels are disclosed. The channels are separated by a demultiplexer and fed to an electrooptical converter for the generation of electrical signals. The electrical signals comprising broadband frequency data contain distortions due to the single channel effects on optical transmission. The electrical signals are supplied to an electrical spectrum analyser and an electrical amplitude distributor for the analysis, determination and separation of the single channel effects.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining and setting the tilting of the spectrum of light signals in an optical fiber of an optical data transmission path having at least one part for varying the tilting of the spectrum, wherein the light signals are amplified by at least one optical amplifier and a portion of the amplified light signals is extracted, the extracted light signals are then partially guided through an influencing element with a known frequency-dependent intensity influence, the influencing element being an amplifier, a waveguide structure or a fiber with an amplifying action, the total intensity of the extracted light signals is then measured upstream and downstream of the influencing element prior to the extracted light signals being guided through the influencing element, and the control criterion is determined, based on the known frequency-dependent intensity influence of the influencing element and the measured total intensity, for setting the tilting via which the part for varying the tilting i

Abstract: The method implies the steps of generating check bits (c) from information bits (a), which are represented by an information matrix, by an outer code, shifting cyclically the information bits (a) and the check bits (c) to obtain an interleaved code matrix, and than coding the bits of the interleaved code matrix by an inner code, where at least the outer code or the inner code is a product code.