Patents by Inventor Rodger Dalton
Rodger Dalton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 8254792Abstract: A system and computer readable medium for a burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels. In an exemplary embodiment, the system may include a memory that stores a received signal strength indication, and a media access controller communicably coupled to the memory. The media access controller receives a received signal strength indication of an upcoming data stream to an optical network unit, and asserts a signal control voltage during a guard time to an optical receiver to optimize reception of incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon the received signal strength indication received from the upcoming data stream.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2010Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Rodger Dalton
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Patent number: 8111987Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for rogue Optical Network Unit (ONU) detection via photonic mixing, comprises a first Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM), a second WDM communicably coupled to the first WDM, a non-linear medium communicably coupled to the second WDM, and a photodetector communicably coupled to the non-linear medium, wherein the first WDM transmits a first upstream beam and a second upstream beam to the second WDM, wherein the first upstream beam is a normal upstream beam and wherein the second upstream beam is a rogue upstream beam, wherein the second WDM transmits the normal upstream beam and the rogue upstream beam to the non-linear medium, wherein the non-linear medium mixes the normal upstream beam and the rogue upstream beam resulting in a mixed beam, wherein the non-linear medium transmits the mixed beam to the photodetector, and wherein the photodetector analyzes the mixed beam to indicate the presence of a rogue ONU.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: February 7, 2012Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rodger Dalton, Jason Teeter, Jihad Baghdadi
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Patent number: 7929866Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for passive optical network media access controller assisted clock recovery which enables an optical receiver to recover a clock phase of an incoming data stream from an optical network unit comprises collecting phase data from a previous data stream clock recovery for an optical network unit, and providing the collected phase data as a starting value phase clock for subsequent incoming data streams for the optical network unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2006Date of Patent: April 19, 2011Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Rodger Dalton
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Patent number: 7865088Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels comprising, collecting received signal strength indication information from a previous data stream of an optical network unit, and adjusting an optical receiver to optimize reception of subsequent incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon received signal strength indication information received from the previous data stream. The signal strength indication may be collected from an upcoming data stream and a signal control voltage asserted during the guard time of the upcoming data stream to optimize reception of the incoming data stream.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2006Date of Patent: January 4, 2011Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventor: Rodger Dalton
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Publication number: 20100278542Abstract: A system and computer readable medium for a burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels. In an exemplary embodiment, the system may include a memory that stores a received signal strength indication, and a media access controller communicably coupled to the memory. The media access controller receives a received signal strength indication of an upcoming data stream to an optical network unit, and asserts a signal control voltage during a guard time to an optical receiver to optimize reception of incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon the received signal strength indication received from the upcoming data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2010Publication date: November 4, 2010Applicant: ALCATELInventor: Rodger Dalton
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Patent number: 7764886Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels comprising, collecting Received Signal Strength Indication information from a previous data stream of an optical network unit, and adjusting an optical receiver to optimize reception of subsequent incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon Received Signal Strength Indication information received from the previous data stream.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rodger Dalton, Eugen H. Ruegg, Gary Miller
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Publication number: 20100183295Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for rogue Optical Network Unit (ONU) detection via photonic mixing, comprises a first Wavelength Division Multiplexer (WDM), a second WDM communicably coupled to the first WDM, a non-linear medium communicably coupled to the second WDM, and a photodetector communicably coupled to the non-linear medium, wherein the first WDM transmits a first upstream beam and a second upstream beam to the second WDM, wherein the first upstream beam is a normal upstream beam and wherein the second upstream beam is a rogue upstream beam, wherein the second WDM transmits the normal upstream beam and the rogue upstream beam to the non-linear medium, wherein the non-linear medium mixes the normal upstream beam and the rogue upstream beam resulting in a mixed beam, wherein the non-linear medium transmits the mixed beam to the photodetector, and wherein the photodetector analyzes the mixed beam to indicate the presence of a rogue ONU.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2009Publication date: July 22, 2010Applicant: ALCATEL-LUCENT USA, INC.Inventors: Rodger Dalton, Jason Teeter, Jihad Baghdadi
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Patent number: 7709778Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts, comprises mirroring a photodiode current of an optical signal burst, converting the mirrored photodiode current to a capacitor voltage, comparing the capacitor voltage to a pre-determined threshold voltage, and accumulating a burst time necessary for the capacitor voltage to reach the pre-determined threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Jason Teeter, Rodger Dalton
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Patent number: 7606490Abstract: In an optical data network, such as a passive optical network (PON), an optical line terminator (OLT) measures the strengths of one or more signals received from the optical network units (ONUs) and generates a message containing an indication responsive to the measured signal strength. The OLT transmits the message to the ONUs. The ONUs generate packets having preambles of a length responsive to the indication contained in the message.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: October 20, 2009Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rodger Dalton, Eugen H. Ruegg, Jason Teeter
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Patent number: 7583898Abstract: In a passive optical network (PON), a burst-mode receiver of an optical line terminator (OLT) is initialized during an initialization phase, such as ranging, by asserting one or more reset signals in response to detecting the presence of a packet signal. For example, after the OLT transmits an initialization message, such as a ranging grant, to an optical network unit (ONU), it asserts one or more reset signals when it detects the presence of a packet signal received from the ONU in response.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2006Date of Patent: September 1, 2009Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Rodger Dalton, Eugen H. Ruegg, Jason Teeter
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Publication number: 20090123154Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for rogue Optical Network Unit (ONU) detection by analyzing the frequency content are provided. Once an optical signal is received from an optical network unit, the transition detection unit converts the optical signal to an electrical data signal. The transition detection unit then analyzes the electrical data signal to determine a presence of the rogue optical network unit. To determine presence of a rogue ONU, the transition detection unit may digitally oversample the data, filter the data with a high pass filter or measure the received signal strength.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Applicant: ALCATEL LUCENTInventors: RODGER DALTON, JASON TEETER
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Publication number: 20090050791Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts, comprises mirroring a photodiode current of an optical signal burst, converting the mirrored photodiode current to a capacitor voltage, comparing the capacitor voltage to a pre-determined threshold voltage, and accumulating a burst time necessary for the capacitor voltage to reach the pre-determined threshold voltage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: February 26, 2009Applicant: AlcatelInventors: Jason Teeter, Rodger Dalton
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Patent number: 7414234Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for measurement of burst mode optical power over multiple bursts, comprises mirroring a photodiode current of an optical signal burst, converting the mirrored photodiode current to a capacitor voltage, comparing the capacitor voltage to a pre-determined threshold voltage, and accumulating a burst time necessary for the capacitor voltage to reach the pre-determined threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2007Date of Patent: August 19, 2008Assignee: Alcatel LucentInventors: Jason Teeter, Rodger Dalton
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Publication number: 20070264031Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels comprising, collecting received signal strength indication information from a previous data stream of an optical network unit, and adjusting an optical receiver to optimize reception of subsequent incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon received signal strength indication information received from the previous data stream. The signal strength indication may be collected from an upcoming data stream and a signal control voltage asserted during the guard time of the upcoming data stream to optimize reception of the incoming data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2006Publication date: November 15, 2007Applicant: ALCATELInventor: RODGER DALTON
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Publication number: 20070127923Abstract: In an optical data network, such as a passive optical network (PON), an optical line terminator (OLT) measures the strengths of one or more signals received from the optical network units (ONUs) and generates a message containing an indication responsive to the measured signal strength. The OLT transmits the message to the ONUs. The ONUs generate packets having preambles of a length responsive to the indication contained in the message.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2005Publication date: June 7, 2007Inventors: Rodger Dalton, Eugen Ruegg, Jason Teeter
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Publication number: 20070122159Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for passive optical network media access controller assisted clock recovery which enables an optical receiver to recover a clock phase of an incoming data stream from an optical network unit comprises collecting phase data from a previous data stream clock recovery for an optical network unit, and providing the collected phase data as a starting value phase clock for subsequent incoming data streams for the optical network unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: ALCATELInventor: RODGER DALTON
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Publication number: 20070122163Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for burst mode optical receiver that enables an optical receiver to receive signals from a plurality of optical network units at different optical power levels comprising, collecting Received Signal Strength Indication information from a previous data stream of an optical network unit, and adjusting an optical receiver to optimize reception of subsequent incoming data streams of the optical network unit based upon Received Signal Strength Indication information received from the previous data stream.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2006Publication date: May 31, 2007Applicant: ALCATELInventors: Rodger Dalton, Eugen Ruegg, Gary Miller