The disclosure relates to the field of optical communications, and in particular to an optical receiver device, an optical receiver method and an optical transceiving integrated module.
With the fast development of fibre communication technology and due to the requirement of low cost, for a core network, a metropolitan area network and an access network, it is common to compose a network using fibres only; therefore, how to further reduce operation cost is a problem to be solved for operators.
In fibre communication, due to the chirp effect of a conventional Direct Modulation Laser (DML), degradation is caused to the dispersion effect of optical signals in fibre transmission; when a signal received by a DML is transmitted through a fibre after directly modulated, dispersion will seriously shorten the transmission distance of the directly modulated optical signal in a fibre in a long-wavelength or high-speed transmission mode according to the dispersion limited theory; for example, a C-band DML transmits signals within 10 km at 10 Gbps, an Externally Modulated Laser (EML) generally transmits 10 Gbps-signals approximately up to 40 km. A conventional optical transceiving integrated module cannot perform dispersion compensation for received optical signals, resulting in a limited transmission distance for subsequently directly modulated optical signals.
The main technical problem to be solved by the embodiments of the disclosure is to provide an optical receiver device, an optical receiver method and an optical transceiving integrated module, which can perform dispersion compensation on an optical signal and prolong the transmission distance of a subsequent optical signal in an optical fibre.
In order to solve the above technical problem, an embodiment of the disclosure provides an optical receiver device, which includes a photoelectric conversion module and a dispersion compensation module, wherein
the photoelectric conversion module is configured to receive an optical signal and to convert the optical signal into an electrical signal; and
the dispersion compensation module is configured to perform dispersion compensation on the electrical signal and to output the compensated electrical signal.
In the above scheme, the dispersion compensation module may include an electronic dispersion compensation sub-module and a data recovery sub-module, in which,
the electronic dispersion compensation sub-module is configured to perform dispersion compensation on the electrical signal; and
the data recovery sub-module is configured to perform phase retrieval and data shaping on the compensated electrical signal, and to output the compensated shaped electrical signal.
In the above scheme, the optical receiver device further may include a processing module, wherein the processing module is configured to amplify the electrical signal according to a dispersion compensation requirement and to send the amplified electrical signal to the dispersion compensation module.
In the above scheme, the optical receiver device may further include a signal detection module, wherein the signal detection module is configured to detect the amplified electrical signal output by the processing module and to determine whether the amplified electrical signal is lost.
In the above scheme, the processing module may be a linear amplification module; and
the linear amplification module is configured to linearly amplify, according to a voltage requirement of the dispersion compensation, the voltage signal converted by the photoelectric conversion module.
In the above scheme, the processing module may be a linear amplification module and the signal detection module is a signal amplitude decision device, in which,
the linear amplification module may be configured to linearly amplify, according to a voltage requirement of dispersion compensation, the voltage signal converted by the photoelectric conversion module; and
the signal amplitude decision device may be configured to: detect a voltage value of the amplified electrical signal output by the linear amplification module, compare the voltage value with a preset threshold, decide that the amplified electrical signal is lost when the voltage value is lower than the preset threshold, otherwise decide that the amplified electrical signal is not lost when the voltage value is not lower than the preset threshold.
In the above scheme, the photoelectric conversion module may be configured to receive a continuous-mode optical signal or a burst-mode optical signal, and to convert the continuous-mode optical signal or the burst-mode optical signal into a voltage signal.
In the above scheme, the electronic dispersion compensation sub-module may be a feed-forward equalizer or a decision feedback equalizer, wherein the feed-forward equalizer or the decision feedback equalizer is configured to perform adaptive dispersion compensation on the electrical signal.
In the above scheme, the photoelectric conversion module may be configured to receive a burst-mode optical signal and convert the burst-mode optical signal into a voltage signal; in which
the dispersion sub-module is a burst-mode feed-forward equalizer or a bust-mode feedback equalizer; the data recovery sub-module is a fast clock recovery sub-module;
the burst-mode feed-forward equalizer or the bust-mode feedback equalizer is configured to perform adaptive dispersion compensation on the voltage signal;
the fast clock recovery sub-module is configured to perform phase retrieval and data shaping on the compensated voltage signal, and to output the compensated shaped electrical signal.
An embodiment of the disclosure also provides an optical transceiving integrated module, which includes the optical receiver device described above.
An embodiment of the disclosure also provides an optical receiver method, which includes:
receiving an optical signal and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal; and
performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal and outputting the compensated electrical signal.
In the above scheme, performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal may include:
performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal; and
performing phase retrieval and data shaping on the compensated electrical signal, and outputting the compensated shaped electrical signal;
In the above scheme, before performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal, the method may further include:
amplifying the electrical signal according to a dispersion compensation requirement.
In the above scheme, the method may further include:
detecting the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement and determining whether the electrical signal is lost.
In the above scheme, amplifying the electrical signal according to the dispersion compensation requirement may include:
linearly amplifying an amplitude of the electric signal according to a voltage requirement of the dispersion compensation.
In the scheme above, detecting the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement and determining whether the electrical signal is lost may include:
detecting a voltage value of the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement, comparing the voltage value with a preset threshold, deciding that the electrical signal is lost when the voltage value is lower than the preset threshold, otherwise deciding that the electrical signal is not lost when the voltage value is not lower than the preset threshold.
In the scheme above, receiving an optical signal and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal may include:
receiving a continuous-mode optical signal or a burst-mode optical signal, and converting the continuous-mode optical signal or the burst-mode optical signal into a voltage signal.
The embodiments of the disclosure have advantages as follows:
the embodiments of the disclosure provide an optical receiver device, an optical receiver method and an optical transceiving integrated module, which can perform dispersion compensation on a received optical signal and prolong the transmission distance of a subsequent modulated optical signal in an optical fibre. The optical receiver device includes a photoelectric conversion module and a dispersion compensation module, wherein the photoelectric conversion module is configured to receive an optical signal and to convert the optical signal into an electrical signal; and the dispersion compensation module is configured to perform dispersion compensation on the electrical signal and to output the compensated electrical signal. The optical receiver device provided in the embodiment of the disclosure is supplemented with a dispersion compensation module, which can perform dispersion compensation on a converted electrical signal, that is, an electronic dispersion compensation function is added to the optical receiver device. Compared with a conventional optical receiver device, the optical receiver device provided in the embodiment of the disclosure can compensate the degradation of channel dispersion effect of a modulated signal in optical fibre transmission caused by the chirp effect of DML, and prolong the transmission distance of a subsequent direct modulated optical signal in an optical fibre.
The embodiments of the disclosure are described below in further detail through specific implementations in conjunction with accompanying drawings.
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In actual applications, the photoelectric conversion module 11 can be realized by a photoelectric converter; the dispersion compensation module 12 can be realized by a compensator. Both photoelectric converter and compensator can be realized by a light transceiver.
The optical receiver device in this embodiment has a dispersion compensation function, which can reduce the channel chromatic dispersion cost of an optical signal, and prolong the transmission distance of the signal. In addition, the dispersion compensation module in this embodiment can replace a Limiting Amplifier (LA) in a conventional optical receiver device, enabling the optical receiver device to have a dispersion compensation function, and enabling cost reduction. The photoelectric conversion module 11 in this embodiment can be configured to receive a continuous-mode optical signal or a burst-mode optical signal, and convert the continuous-mode optical signal or burst-mode optical signal into an electrical signal. The optical receiver device in this embodiment can perform dispersion compensation on the received continuous-mode optical signal or burst-mode optical signal.
As shown in
the electronic dispersion compensation sub-module 121 is configured to perform dispersion compensation on the electrical signal; and
the data recovery sub-module 122 is configured to perform phase retrieval and data shaping on the compensated electrical signal, and to output the compensated shaped electrical signal.
In actual applications, both electronic dispersion compensation sub-module 121 and data recovery sub-module 122 can be realized by a Central Processing Unit (CPU), or a Digital Signal Processing (DSP) unit, or a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) and the like; all the CPU, DSP or FPGA can be embedded into a light transceiver.
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In order to better perform dispersion compensation on an electrical signal, it is needed to process the electrical signal before performing the dispersion compensation, so that the electrical signal meets the signal requirement of dispersion compensation. As shown in
Here, the processing module 13 processing the electrical signal according to the dispersion compensation requirement also can be understood as that: the processing module 13 processes the electrical signal so that the processed electrical signal can meet the requirement of dispersion compensation.
In this embodiment, when the photoelectrical conversion module 11 converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, the processing module 13 is a linear amplification module 131, which is configured to linearly amplify the voltage signal so that the signal meets the requirement of voltage range needed by dispersion compensation. In this embodiment the linear amplification module 131 also can be set in the photoelectrical conversion module 11, of course, the specific location can be decided as actually needed.
In this embodiment, the processing module 13 can be realized by an amplifier.
In the optical receiver device shown in
Here, the linear amplification module 131 configured to linearly amplify the voltage signal to enable the amplified signal to meet the requirement of voltage range needed by dispersion compensation also can be described as that:
the linear amplification module 131 linearly amplifies the voltage signal according to the voltage requirement of dispersion compensation.
In order to facilitate a subsequent system of the optical receiver device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure to learn whether the signal received by the optical receiver device is lost, the optical receiver device in this embodiment further includes a signal detection module; as shown in
As shown in
Similarly, the photoelectric conversion module 11 in this embodiment can receive a continuous-mode optical signal or a burst-mode optical signal, and converts the continuous-mode optical signal or burst-mode optical signal into a voltage signal. The optical receiver device in this embodiment can perform dispersion compensation on the received continuous-mode optical signal or burst-mode optical signal.
As shown in
In this embodiment, the photoelectric detection module 110 might be a PIN photoelectric detection diode or an APD; when the optical signal received is a burst-mode optical signal, the trans-impedance amplification module 111 in this embodiment might be a burst-mode trans-impedance amplifier.
The optical receiver device in this embodiment has a dispersion compensation function, which compensates the dispersion loss of a received optical signal (including in a burst mode and a continuous mode), reduces channel dispersion cost and prolongs the transmission distance of a subsequent modulated optical signal in an optical fibre, and meanwhile can determine whether the signal received by the device is lost, for the subsequent processing of signal.
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The light component 21 is configured to perform photoelectric conversion, specifically, to convert a received optical signal into a voltage signal, and to convert an electrical data signal input by the electrical interface module 24 into an optical signal meeting requirements.
The laser driver 22 is configured to convert a data signal input by the system via the electrical interface module 24 into a radio-frequency drive current, and then to drive the optical component 21 to convert the radio-frequency drive current into an optical signal meeting system standards.
The micro controller 23 is configured to connect with the laser driver 22 and the electronic dispersion compensation module 12 via control signal lines or Inter-Integrated Circuit (IIC) buses, so as to monitor, collect and process related data, thereby enabling the output signal subjected to the optical-to-electrical conversion or electrical-to-optical conversion of the optical transceiving device provided by the embodiment of the disclosure to be stable, reliable and to meet system requirements.
The dispersion compensation module 26 is configured to perform dispersion compensation on an electrical signal output by the optical component.
The electrical interface module 24 is configured to exchange an electrical signal between the optical receiver device and an external system.
In this embodiment the optical component 21 includes the photoelectric conversion module 11 referred in Embodiment 1 and Embodiment 2; in this embodiment the function and structure of the dispersion compensation module 26 can refer to the introduction in the above embodiments. The optical transceiving device in this embodiment can convert an electrical signal needing transmitting into an optical signal and then transmit the optical signal out through an optical transmission network, or can receive an optical signal from the optical transmission network and convert the received optical signal into an electrical signal, and meanwhile perform dispersion compensation on the electrical signal, thereby reducing the channel dispersion cost of the optical signal and prolonging the transmission distance of the subsequent modulated optical signal.
The specific structure of the optical transceiving device provided by this embodiment is described below in further detail, as shown in
The light component shown in
The linear amplification module 25 in
The dispersion compensation module 26 in
In addition, the micro controller 23 in this embodiment also can be provided with an external IIC bus interface, which is connected with the IIC bus interface of a system board through the electrical interface module 24 of the optical receiver device, so that the system can diagnose and monitor the digital signal of the optical receiver device.
As shown in
The optical receiver device in this embodiment of the disclosure can be applied to various transceiving devices in optical communications; this embodiment introduces an Optical Network Unit (ONU) transceiving device, which as shown in
In this embodiment the ONU transceiving device adopts a burst-mode laser driver 33 and a continuous-mode electronic dispersion compensator 32, which not only meets the photometric system indexes of ONU end but also supports an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) transceiving device to use a low-cost DML laser to replace an EML laser. In this embodiment the 10 G EPON ONU optical transceiving device employing electronic dispersion compensation supports the 10 G EPON OLT to adopt a 1577 nm DML to transmit by 20 km, which meets the standard requirements and effectively reduces the OLT's cost. The 10 G EPON OLT optical module supporting an EML laser transmits a downlink signal by 60 km, which effectively prolongs the transmission distance.
This embodiment also provides an OLT transceiving device; as shown in
The OLT transceiving device in this embodiment adopts a continuous-mode laser driver and a burst-mode electronic dispersion compensator. It supports the wavelength switch of ONU, the uplink signal can adopt O band, C band or L band; besides the original O band, the ONU optical transceiving integrated module has a wider range of wavelengths to select. The ONU still can use a low-cost DML after wavelength is switched.
As shown in
Step 1001: receiving an optical signal and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal; and
Step 1002: performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal and outputting the compensated electrical signal.
The optical receiver method in this embodiment can perform dispersion compensation on an electrical signal converted from an optical signal when receiving the optical signal, to reduce the channel dispersion cost of the optical signal and prolong the transmission distance.
In Step 1001 performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal includes:
performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal; and
performing phase retrieval and data shaping on the compensated electrical signal, and outputting the compensated shaped electrical signal.
To better perform dispersion compensation, before performing dispersion compensation on the electrical signal, the method further includes:
processing the electrical signal according to the dispersion compensation requirement;
that is, processing the electrical signal so that the signal meets the requirement of dispersion compensation.
In order to facilitate the processing of the electrical signal output by the optical receiver device, the method in this embodiment also can include:
detecting the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement and determining whether the received signal is lost.
Preferably, when converting the optical signal into a voltage signal, processing the electrical signal so that the signal meets the requirement of dispersion compensation includes:
linearly amplifying the amplitude of the voltage signal according to the voltage requirement of dispersion compensation;
that is, linearly amplifying the amplitude of the voltage signal so that the signal meets the requirement of voltage range needed by dispersion compensation.
Preferably, when linearly amplifying the amplitude of the voltage signal so that the signal meets the requirement of voltage range needed by dispersion compensation, in the method of this embodiment detecting the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement and judging whether the received signal is lost include:
detecting the voltage value of the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement, comparing the voltage value with a preset threshold, deciding that the electrical signal is lost if the voltage value is lower than the preset threshold.
Preferably, in Step 1001 the process of receiving an optical signal and converting the optical signal into an electrical signal includes:
receiving a continuous-mode optical signal or a burst-mode optical signal, and converting the continuous-mode optical signal or the burst-mode optical signal into a voltage signal.
The specific process of the optical receiver method in this embodiment is described below in detail in conjunction with the above method, as shown in
Step 2001: receiving an optical signal and converting the optical signal into a voltage signal;
Step 2002: linearly amplifying the amplitude of the voltage signal according to the voltage requirement of the dispersion compensation; and going to Step 2003 and Step 2005;
Step 2003: performing dispersion compensation on an electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement; then executing Step 2004;
Step 2004: performing phase retrieval and data shaping on the compensated electrical signal, and outputting the compensated shaped electrical signal. Current process is ended;
Step 2005: detecting the voltage value of the electrical signal meeting the dispersion compensation requirement, comparing the voltage value with a preset threshold, deciding that the electrical signal is lost if the voltage value is lower than the preset threshold, and deciding that the electrical signal is not lost (that is, receiving is normal) if the voltage value is not lower than the preset threshold. Current process is ended.
The above content is a detailed description made to the disclosure in conjunction with specific embodiments; it should not be interpreted that the specific embodiments of the disclosure are limited to the description. For those ordinary skilled persons in the field to which the disclosure belongs, simple deductions or substitutes can be made to the disclosure without departing from the idea of the disclosure, and these deductions and substitutes shall fall into the scope of protection of the disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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201310173544.3 | May 2013 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2013/082118 | 8/22/2013 | WO | 00 |