Patent ID: 8965204
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: G02B,H04B

Abstract:
1. An optical communication system comprising: an optical communication fiber; and a plurality of modules, each of said modules comprising an optical transceiver, said optical transceiver being optically coupled to the optical communication fiber by a corresponding drop and configured for transmitting and/or receiving one or more optical signals via the optical communication fiber, said optical signals comprising frequency encoded data and representing a plurality of individual data streams formatted according to a plurality of different communication protocols, wherein the optical signals are frequency encoded by converting serial input data of the optical signals into parallel data in a bit-by-bit decomposition, each bit being converted to a particular frequency, the frequencies of the converted bits being shuffled into non-sequential order; wherein optical communication is enabled among the modules via the optical communication fiber, and wherein optical communication of individual data streams formatted according to a first communication protocol of the plurality of different communication protocols is distinguished from optical communication of individual data streams formatted according to a second communication protocol of the plurality of different communication protocols using intensity modulation of the optical signals.