Patent ID: 8989580
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A long-distance box for Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Networks (GPON) system and 10 GPON (XG-PON) system sharing one Optical Distribution Network (ODN) in a passive optical network, comprising a first optical diplexer, a second optical diplexer, an Optical Amplifier (OA), a first wavelength division multiplexing filter, a second wavelength division multiplexing filter, a first Optical-Electrical-Optical (OEO) conversion device, a second OEO device and a local management box; wherein, the first optical diplexer consists of an optical circulator and the first optical diplexer is configured to split uplink lights and downlink lights from the GPON system and the XG-PON system; the second optical diplexer consists of an optical circulator, and the second optical diplexer is configured to split uplink lights and downlink lights from the GPON system and the XG-PON system; the optical circulator of the first optical diplexer and the optical circulator of the second optical diplexer respectively have a first interface, a second interface and a third interface, wherein the first interface is a light input port, the second interface is a light input/output port, and the third interface is a light output port; the first interface of the first optical diplexer is connected with the first optical path, the second interface of the first optical diplexer is connected with the trunk optical fiber, and the third interface of the first optical diplexer is connected with the second optical path; and the first interface of the second optical diplexer is connected with the second optical path, the second interface of the second optical diplexer is connected with the ODN shared by the GPON system and the XG-PON system, and the third interface of the second optical diplexer is connected with the first optical path; the uplink lights from the GPON system and the XG-PON system enter the first optical path through the second optical diplexer from a branch optical fiber and an optical splitter; and the downlink lights from the GPON system and the XG-PON system enter the second optical path through the first optical diplexer from the trunk optical fiber; the optical amplifier is located in the first optical path, and configured to amplify the uplink lights from the GPON system and the XG-PON systems and then output the amplified uplink lights; the first and the second wavelength division multiplexing filters are located in the second optical path, and the first wavelength division multiplexing filter is configured to divide the second optical path into a first optical sub-path and a second optical sub-path according to the wavelengths of the GPON system and the XG-PON system, wherein the downlink lights from the GPON system and the XG-PON system are amplified by the first and the second optical sub-paths and then output; the first wavelength division multiplexing filter outputs the downlink lights which enter the second optical path from the first optical diplexer to the first and the second optical sub-paths, and the second wavelength division multiplexing filter combines the downlink lights from the first and the second optical sub-paths and then outputs the combined downlink lights to the second optical diplexer; the first wavelength division multiplexing filter consists of a sideband filter and the second wavelength division multiplexing filter consists of a sideband filter; the sideband filter of the first wavelength division multiplexing filter and the sideband filter of the second wavelength division multiplexing filter respectively comprise a R interface, a P interface and a C interface; wherein the downlink lights from the GPON system are reflected and input/output only through the R interface, and the downlink lights from the XG-PON system are transmitted and input/output only through the P interface; and the C interface is connected with the first optical diplexer at the trunk optical fiber; the C interface of the first wavelength division multiplexing filter is connected with the third interface of the first optical diplexer, the R interface of the first wavelength division multiplexing filter is connected with one end of the first OEO device in the first optical sub-path, and the P interface of the first wavelength division multiplexing filter is connected with one end of the second OEO device in the second optical sub-path; and the C interface of the second wavelength division multiplexing filter is connected with the first interface of the second optical diplexer, the R interface of the second wavelength division multiplexing filter is connected with the other end of the first OEO device in the first optical sub-path, and the P interface of the second wavelength division multiplexing filter is connected with the other end of the second OEO device in the second optical sub-path; and the local management box is connected with an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) through a TAP coupler and the trunk optical fiber, and the OLT controls and manages the optical amplifier and the OEO conversion devices through the local management box.