System, apparatus and method for two-way transport of data over a single fiber strand
Marvin W. Ward, Bristow, VA (US)
Assigned to NOVEC Solutions, Inc., Manassas, VA (US)
Filed by NOVEC Solutions, Inc., Manassas, VA (US)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/744,954.
Application 18/744,954 is a continuation of application No. 17/367,531, filed on Jul. 5, 2021, granted, now 12,015,444.
Application 17/367,531 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/087,113, filed on Nov. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,057,111, issued on Jun. 6, 2021.
Application 17/087,113 is a continuation of application No. 16/672,954, filed on Nov. 4, 2019, granted, now 10,826,611, issued on Nov. 3, 2020.
Application 16/672,954 is a continuation of application No. 15/843,048, filed on Dec. 15, 2017, granted, now 10,469,169, issued on Nov. 5, 2019.
Application 15/843,048 is a continuation of application No. 15/209,572, filed on Jul. 13, 2016, granted, now 9,847,838, issued on Dec. 19, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/191,570, filed on Jul. 13, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0340084 A1, Oct. 10, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 10/297 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/2972 (2013.01)
20 Claims
1. A fiber strand comprising: a first port at one end of said fiber strand, said first port configured to receive first data signals at a first Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) wavelength; and a second port at the other end of said fiber strand, said second port configured to receive second DWDM data signals therein at a second wavelength, wherein said first and said second wavelengths differ, and wherein said data signals are in C-band wavelengths and under at least one SFP+protocol, whereby data signals injected at said first end and the data signals injected at said second end bidirectionally traverse said fiber strand.
7. A communication system for transmitting data bidirectionally across a single fiber strand, comprising: a fiber strand; a first signal injector at one end of said fiber strand; and a second signal injector at the other end of said fiber strand, data signals at a first Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) wavelength being injected by said first signal injector at said one end of said fiber strand, wherein data signals at a second DWDM wavelength are injected by said second signal injector at said other end of said fiber strand, wherein said first and second wavelengths differ, and wherein said data signals are in C-band wavelengths and under at least one SFP+protocol, whereby data signals injected at said first end and data signals injected at said second end traverse said fiber strand.
14. A method for transmitting signals across a common fiber strand bidirectionally, comprising: injecting, at one end of a fiber strand, a first data signal at a first Dense Wave Division Multiplexing (DWDM) wavelength; and injecting, at the other end of said fiber strand at substantially the same time as said injecting at said one end, a second data signal at a second DWDM wavelength, wherein said first and second DWDM wavelengths differ, and wherein said data signals are in C-band wavelengths and under at least one SFP+protocol, whereby the first and second data signals bidirectionally traverse said fiber strand.
