Patent ID: 8886043
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: H04B,H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A hybrid Passive Optical Network (PON) system, comprising: an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) configured to modulate and encode at least one line of time-division-multiplexed downlink signals, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the downlink signals, and to synthesize the downlink signals encoded into one line and then output it; and further configured to receive uplink signals, and decode the uplink signals received and then output them; an Optical Distribution Network (ODN) configured to receive downlink signals output from the OLT, separate the downlink signals received into multiple lines and then output them directly or output them after decoding; and further configured to receive uplink signals and synthesize the uplink signals received into one line, and then output it to the OLT, or encode received multiple lines of time-division-multiplexed uplink signals and synthesize the signals encoded into one line, and then output it to the OLT, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the time-division-multiplexed uplink signals; at least one Optical Network Unit (ONU) each configured to receive downlink signals directly output from the ODN, decode the downlink signals received and output them, or output the downlink signals received which are output from the ODN after being decoded by the ODN; and further configured to encode one line of time-division-multiplexed uplink signals, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the time-division-multiplexed uplink signals, and output the uplink signals encoded to the ODN, or directly output the time-division-multiplexed uplink signals to the ODN which encodes the uplink signals and then outputs them to the OLT; wherein the OLT comprises: a signal processing module configured to modulate and encode at least one line of time-division multiplexed downlink signals, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the downlink signals; and further configured to receive uplink signals, decode the uplink signals received and then output them, wherein the uplink signals are uplink signals output by an ONU after the ONU encodes, based on OCDMA, at least one line of time-division multiplexed uplink signals, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the time-division multiplexed uplink signals; a first optical coupler connected with the signal processing module, and configured to synthesize all lines of downlink signals encoded by the signal processing module into one line and then output it; and configured to receive uplink signals, and separate the uplink signals received into multiple lines and then output them to the signal processing module: wherein the signal processing module comprises: at least one first processing module and a first optical coupler, wherein each first processing module comprises: a first time-division-multiplexing processing module and a first optical encoding/decoding module, wherein the first time-division-multiplexing processing module is configured to modulate at least one line of time-division-multiplexed downlink signals to an optical carrier, then send the modulated downlink signals; and configured to receive uplink signals and output the received uplink signals; the first optical encoding/decoding module is connected with the first time-division-multiplexing processing module and configured to encode downlink signals sent from the first time-division-multiplexing processing module and then output the downlink signals encoded; and configured to receive uplink signals, decode the received uplink signal and output them to the connected first time-division-multiplexing processing module; the first optical coupler is further connected with each first optical encoding/decoding module included in each first processing module, and configured to synthesize downlink signals output after being encoded by the each encoding/decoding module of the each first processing module into one line and output it; and configured to receive uplink signals, separate the uplink signals received into multiple lines and output them to the connected first optical encoding/decoding module; the ONU comprises: a second optical encoding/decoding module configured to decode downlink signals output by an OLT through an ODN, encode received time-division multiplexed uplink signals and then output the encoded uplink signals to the OLT through the ODN, wherein the downlink signals output by the OLT are signals output after at least one line of time-division multiplexed downlink signals is modulated and encoded based on OCDMA, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the time-division multiplexed downlink signals; at least one second processing module connected with the second optical encoding/decoding module, wherein each second processing module is configured to receive downlink signals output after being decoded by the second optical encoding/decoding module, and output time-division multiplexed modulated uplink signals to the second optical encoding/decoding module; the ODN comprises: a second optical coupler configured to separate one line of downlink signals output by an OLT into multiple lines, synthesize received multiple lines of time-division multiplexed uplink signals into to one line and then output it to the OLT, wherein the downlink signals output by the OLT are signals output after at least one line of time-division multiplexed downlink signals is modulated and encoded based on OCDMA, wherein different encoding being applied to different lines of the time-division multiplexed downlink signals; a plurality of second optical encoding/decoding modules each configured to decode one line of downlink signals output by the second optical coupler, encode time-division multiplexed uplink signals output by an ONU and then output them to the second optical coupler.