Patent ID: 6574038
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
An optical communication system comprising:a transmission path including a plurality of adjacent sections arranged along the transmission path, a light traveling through the plurality of sections to a specific point downstream of the plurality of sections and along the transmission path, an additional portion of the transmission path extending from a farthest downstream section of the plurality of sections to the specific point, a residual dispersion being incurred by the light in said additional portion, each section including a non-dispersion compensating fiber through which the light travels, and a dispersion compensator compensating for dispersion wherein the dispersion compensators, taken together, overcompensate for dispersion produced in the sections, taken together, and a total amount of overcompensation in the sections, taken together, provided by the dispersion compensators, taken together, being substantially equal to said residual dispersion.