Thomas D Tighe

US Patent:

6973271, Dec 6, 2005

Filed:

Jul 5, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/899410

Inventors:

James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Wave7 Optics, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B010/00
H04J014/00

US Classification:

398 68, 398 71, 398 72, 398135

Abstract:

An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).

US Patent:

7085281, Aug 1, 2006

Filed:

Oct 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/045584

Inventors:

Stephen A. Thomas - Marietta GA, US
Kevin Bourg - Alpharetta GA, US
Deven Anthony - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Wave7 Optics, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 7/212

US Classification:

370442, 370321, 370337, 370347, 398135, 398 99, 398 98, 398 35, 359152, 359135

Abstract:

A protocol for an optical network can control the time at which subscriber optical interfaces of an optical network are permitted to transmit data to a transceiver node. The protocol can prevent collisions of upstream transmissions between the subscriber optical interfaces of a particular subscriber group. With the protocol, a transceiver node close to the subscriber can allocate additional or reduced upstream bandwidth based upon the demand of one or more subscribers. That is, a transceiver node close to a subscriber can monitor (or police) and adjust a subscriber's upstream bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The protocol can account for aggregates of packets rather than individual packets. By performing calculation on aggregates of packets, the algorithm can execute less frequently which, in turn, permits its implementation in lower performance and lower cost devices, such as software executing in a general purpose microprocessor.

US Patent:

7130541, Oct 31, 2006

Filed:

Oct 4, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/971363

Inventors:

James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Wave7 Optics, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398 70, 398 72

Abstract:

An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor bandwidth transforming node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the bandwidth transforming node. The bandwidth transforming node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The bandwidth transforming node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the bandwidth transforming node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The bandwidth transforming node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the bandwidth transforming node can increase upstream and downstream bandwidth and transmission speed by propagating data signals at different wavelengths.

US Patent:

7197244, Mar 27, 2007

Filed:

Oct 26, 2001

Appl. No.:

10/045652

Inventors:

Stephen A. Thomas - Marietta GA, US
Kevin Bourg - Alpharetta GA, US
Joe Caltagirone - Alpharetta GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Wave7 Optics, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398 72, 398 70

Abstract:

Unlike the conventional art which polices data at the entry points of a network, a transceiver node can police or monitor downstream bandwidths for quality of service at exit portions of an optical network. That is, the transceiver node can police downstream communication traffic near the outer edges of an optical network that are physically close to the subscribers of the optical network. In this way, a network provider can control the volume or content (or both) of downstream communications that are received by subscribers of the optical network. In addition to controlling the volume of communications that can be received by a subscriber, the transceiver node employs a plurality of priority assignment values for communication traffic. Some priority assignment values are part of a weighted random early discard algorithm that enables an output buffer to determine whether to drop data packets that are destined for a particular subscriber. In one exemplary embodiment, a weighted random early discard (WRED) priority value can be assigned according to the type of communication traffic supported by a packet.

US Patent:

7599622, Oct 6, 2009

Filed:

Aug 3, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/890277

Inventors:

James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Enablence USA FTTX Networks Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398 72, 398 67, 398 70, 398 71

Abstract:

An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).

US Patent:

7606492, Oct 20, 2009

Filed:

Oct 5, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/543712

Inventors:

James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Enablence USA FTTX Networks Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398 72, 398 66, 398 70

Abstract:

An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor bandwidth transforming node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the bandwidth transforming node. The bandwidth transforming node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The bandwidth transforming node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the bandwidth transforming node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The bandwidth transforming node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the bandwidth transforming node can increase upstream and downstream bandwidth and transmission speed by propagating data signals at different wavelengths.

US Patent:

7953325, May 31, 2011

Filed:

Aug 26, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/548416

Inventors:

James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Enablence USA FTTX Networks, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398 72, 398 71, 398 70, 398141

Abstract:

An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).

US Patent:

7269350, Sep 11, 2007

Filed:

Aug 19, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/921489

Inventors:

James O. Farmer - Lilburn GA, US
John J. Kenny - Norcross GA, US
Patrick W. Quinn - Lafayette CA, US
Thomas A. Tighe - Alpharetta GA, US
Paul F. Whittlesey - Sugar Hill GA, US
Emmanuel A. Vella - Alpharetta GA, US

Assignee:

Wave7 Optics, Inc. - Alpharetta GA

International Classification:

H04B 10/00

US Classification:

398 72, 398 58

Abstract:

An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser transceiver node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the laser transceiver node. The laser transceiver node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The laser transceiver node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the laser transceiver node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The laser transceiver node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the laser transceiver node can utilize off-the-shelf hardware to generate optical signals such as Fabry-Perot (F-P) laser transmitters, distributed feed back lasers (DFB), or vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs).