At least two cascaded chains of intelligent support boxes linked by optical cable provide the needed elements to link the electric AC power line and low voltage DC power lines to the many known outlets and switches (wiring devices) and their loads be it AC or DC operated, with the AC and DC lines are separately drawn through separated conduits and ducts safely and accurately controlled by an home controller and/or via a command converter and a distributor.

At least two cascaded chains of intelligent support boxes linked by optical cable provide the needed elements to link the electric AC power line and low voltage DC power lines to the many known outlets and switches (wiring devices) and their loads be it AC or DC operated, with the AC and DC lines are separately drawn through separated conduits and ducts safely and accurately controlled by an home controller and/or via a command converter and a distributor.

Disclosed are an online program update method and device for an optical amplifier. The method comprises: when a program update instruction is sent, a Microcontroller Unit MCU receiving update programs of MCU and a programmable logic device FPGA, storing them in a program memory device, and sending an update instruction to FPGA; FPGA terminating operations of a digital-to-analog converter DAC according to the instruction and a current state remaining unchanged; MCU loading new codes of MCU and FPGA while DAC remains in state of halting refreshing; and after MCU and FPGA run the new codes, reading previously stored data, and starting switching from a previous operation state to enter normal operation state. On basis of conventional optical amplifier control, the invention combines characteristics of MCU and FPGA, and ensures uninterrupted service of optical amplifiers, achieving smooth transition of service, thereby improving stability and reliability of whole optical communications systems.

The present invention discloses a d-dimensional chain teleportation method for random transmission based on measurement results of relay nodes. The method includes: two communicating parties are an information sender Alice and an information receiver Bob, a particle t carries an unknown quantum state and is held by the information sender Alice, Alice holds the particle t and a particle A.sub.1, a first intermediate node Charlie 1 holds a particle B.sub.1 and a particle A.sub.2, a second intermediate node Charlie 2 holds a particle B.sub.2 and a particle A.sub.3, . . . , and a k.sup.th (k=2, 3, . . . , P) intermediate node Charlie k holds a particle B.sub.k and a particle A.sub.k+1. The beneficial effect of the present invention is as follows: any relay node can randomly transmit its generalized Bell measurement result to the information sender Alice or the information receiver Bob, thereby greatly reducing connection restrictions of a classical channel.

The present invention discloses a d-dimensional chain teleportation method for random transmission based on measurement results of relay nodes. The method includes: two communicating parties are an information sender Alice and an information receiver Bob, a particle t carries an unknown quantum state and is held by the information sender Alice, Alice holds the particle t and a particle A.sub.1, a first intermediate node Charlie 1 holds a particle B.sub.1 and a particle A.sub.2, a second intermediate node Charlie 2 holds a particle B.sub.2 and a particle A.sub.3, . . . , and a k.sup.th (k=2, 3, . . . , P) intermediate node Charlie k holds a particle B.sub.k and a particle A.sub.k+1. The beneficial effect of the present invention is as follows: any relay node can randomly transmit its generalized Bell measurement result to the information sender Alice or the information receiver Bob, thereby greatly reducing connection restrictions of a classical channel.

Provided are a repeater device for a DisplayPort side channel and an operating method thereof. The repeater device of a DisplayPort includes: a source device processor transmits or receives an electrical signal of a side channel data of the display port to or from a source device and processes repeater data; and a sink device processor transmits or receives an electrical signal of a side channel data of the display port to or from a sink device and processes repeater data, wherein the source device processor or the sink device processor comprising a controller processes repeating of the side channel data of the display port using the repeater data which is obtained by transforming the electrical signal to an optical signal.

A regen node is described. The regen node includes a coherent receiver, a control module and a coherent transmitter. The coherent receiver has circuitry to convert a first optical signal received from an upstream node in an optical layer of an optical network to a first digital data stream in a digital layer having a first FEC frame and a data traffic. The control module extracts a first fault signal from the first FEC frame; generates a second fault signal based at least in part on the first fault signal; and encodes the second fault signal within a second FEC frame with the data traffic into a second digital data stream on the digital layer. The coherent transmitter has circuitry to convert the second digital data stream into a second optical signal on the optical layer and to transmit the second optical signal to a downstream node.

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and system for beam forming and beam steering within ultra-wideband, wireless optical communication devices and systems. According to one embodiment, a free space optical (FSO) communication apparatus is disclosed. The FSO communication apparatus includes a semiconductor optical device configured to have a transient response time of less than 500 picoseconds (ps), a lens, and a first band select filter.

Disclosed herein are methods, devices, and system for beam forming and beam steering within ultra-wideband, wireless optical communication devices and systems. According to one embodiment, a free space optical (FSO) communication apparatus is disclosed. The FSO communication apparatus includes a semiconductor optical device configured to have a transient response time of less than 500 picoseconds (ps), a lens, and a first band select filter.

An optical repeater is disclosed, comprising: an optical input port for receiving an input optical signal; an optical output port for transmitting an output optical signal; electronics comprising an amplifier configured to increase a signal level of the optical signal between the input port and the output port; a voltage regulator configured to provide a variable voltage power supply to the electronics, and optionally comprising a local or external controller configured to determine a supply voltage in response to demand and to control the voltage regulator to provide the supply voltage.