Signal Aggregation Component for Multi-Format Network Transmission
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current network systems are inadequate in processing and transmitting signals with various data rates and types, leading to inefficiencies and reduced functionality.
Innovation Solution
A system comprising an aggregation component that reformats and combines multiple signals to generate a combined signal with a higher data rate, allowing for efficient transmission over networks that may not support individual signal rates, and includes a transmitter component to generate data streams from the combined signal.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If current network systems process and transmit signals with various data rates and types, then network functionality is maintained, but network efficiency and reliability are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments multiple different signal types and data rates into separate lanes, processing each signal type through dedicated conversion paths. This segmentation allows each signal type (OTN, Ethernet, Fibre Channel) to be handled independently while maintaining overall system reliability through standardized conversion processes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary conversion system that acts as a mediator between diverse signal types and the target network infrastructure. This intermediary component converts various input signal types into standardized formats, enabling reliable transmission across network links while maintaining compatibility with multiple signal types.
2Ease of operation
If network systems use fixed data rate transmission, then transmission simplicity is maintained, but adaptability to different signal types is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes transmission parameters including data rate, signal format, and lane configuration based on the input signal type. This parameter adaptation allows the same physical infrastructure to handle multiple signal types (OTN, Ethernet, Fibre Channel) while maintaining operationally simple standardized interfaces through electronic conversion.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple separate transmission channels are used for different signal types, then signal type specificity is maintained, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple separate transmission channels into a unified lane structure through electronic conversion. Different signal types are converted and combined into standardized lanes that can be transmitted over common infrastructure, reducing device complexity while maintaining signal type specificity through dedicated conversion paths for each signal type.
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AI summary
Various aspects provide for aggregating a plurality of signals to generate a combined signal. An aggregation component is configured for reformatting a plurality of first signals and combining the plurality of first signals to generate a combined signal that comprises a higher data rate than a data rate associated with the plurality of first signals. A transmitter component is configured for receiving the combined signal and generating one or more data streams based on the combined signal. In an aspect, the aggregation component is additionally configured for reformatting and/or combining the plurality of first signals and at least one second signal to generate the combined signal. In another aspect, a receiver component is configured for generating a pseudo signal at a data rate of the combined signal. In yet another aspect, a de-aggregation component is configured for recovering the plurality of first signals and/or the at least one second signal from the pseudo signal.