US5325222A
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Photonic concentrator
Assignee: Alcatel CIT SA
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Filing: 1992-01-28
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Granted: 1994-06-28
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Expires: 2012-01-28
Abstract
Abstract A photonic concentrator is used to connect to a telecommunication network subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, in particular on an optical fiber. The concentrator comprises, for processing cells from a subscriber terminal, a time-division and non-synchronous statistical spectral multiplexing stage, a synchronization to a local clock stage, a spectral multiplexing and bit rate converter stage, and a periodic time-division multiplexing stage. To process cells addressed to subscriber terminals it comprises a periodic time-division demultiplexing, spectral multiplexing and bit rate adjuster stage, a bit rate converter stage and a spectral demultiplexing stage. The concentrator has applications in telecommunication networks.
Inventors
- 👤 Jean-Baptiste Jacob
- 👤 Guy Le Roy
- 👤 Jean-Michel Gabriagues
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 06:43
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04Q; H04Q11/00; H04Q11/0001; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/54; H04L12/56; H04L12/5601; H04Q11/0062; H04Q11/0066; H04L2012/5603; H04L2012/5604; H04L2012/5605; H04L2012/5609; H04L2012/561
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
82 words
A photonic concentrator for connecting, to a telecommunication network, subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, said concentrator comprising: first means for time-division multiplexing and spectral multiplexing cells from subscriber terminals to provide a first means output; and second means receiving the output from said first means and resynchronizing cells of said first means output to a local clock by delaying each cell of said first means output, with a variable delay.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
82 words
A photonic concentrator for connecting, to a telecommunication network, subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, said concentrator comprising: first means for time-division multiplexing and spectral multiplexing cells from subscriber terminals to provide a first means output; and second means receiving the output from said first means and resynchronizing cells of said first means output to a local clock by delaying each cell of said first means output, with a variable delay.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
109 words
A photonic concentrator for connecting, to a telecommunication network, subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, said concentrator comprising: first means for time-division multiplexing and spectral multiplexing cells from subscriber terminals to provide a first means output; and second means receiving the output from said first means and resynchronizing cells of said first means output to a local clock, wherein to process cells from subscriber terminals said concentrator further comprises: third means for spectrally multiplexing the resynchronized cells and for multiplying their bit rate; and fourth means for time-division multiplexing, without spectral multiplexing, cells output by the third means.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
109 words
A photonic concentrator for connecting, to a telecommunication network, subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, said concentrator comprising: first means for time-division multiplexing and spectral multiplexing cells from subscriber terminals to provide a first means output; and second means receiving the output from said first means and resynchronizing cells of said first means output to a local clock, wherein to process cells from subscriber terminals said concentrator further comprises: third means for spectrally multiplexing the resynchronized cells and for multiplying their bit rate; and fourth means for time-division multiplexing, without spectral multiplexing, cells output by the third means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
135 words
A photonic concentrator for connecting, to a telecommunication network, subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, said concentrator comprising: first means for time-division multiplexing and spectral multiplexing cells from subscriber terminals to provide a first means output; and second means receiving the output from said first means and resynchronizing cells of said first means output to a local clock; third means for time-division demultiplexing and spectrally multiplexing cells addressed to subscriber terminals, to provide a third means output; fourth means receiving the output of said third means and dividing the bit rate of the time-division demultiplexed and spectrally multiplexed cells of said third means output; and fifth means receiving the output of said fourth means and spectrally demultiplexing cells whose bit rate has been divided.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
135 words
A photonic concentrator for connecting, to a telecommunication network, subscriber terminals sending and receiving data in the form of fixed length cells using asynchronous time-division multiplexing, said concentrator comprising: first means for time-division multiplexing and spectral multiplexing cells from subscriber terminals to provide a first means output; and second means receiving the output from said first means and resynchronizing cells of said first means output to a local clock; third means for time-division demultiplexing and spectrally multiplexing cells addressed to subscriber terminals, to provide a third means output; fourth means receiving the output of said third means and dividing the bit rate of the time-division demultiplexed and spectrally multiplexed cells of said third means output; and fifth means receiving the output of said fourth means and spectrally demultiplexing cells whose bit rate has been divided.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
A photonic concentrator according to claim 3, wherein said third means operate periodically on cells supplied to said concentrator in a sorted order by said telecommunication network.
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