A full duplex communication network includes an optical transmitter end having a first coherent optics transceiver, an optical receiver end having a second coherent optics transceiver, and an optical transport medium operably coupling the first coherent optics transceiver to the second coherent optics transceiver. The first coherent optics transceiver is configured to simultaneously transmit a downstream optical signal and receive an upstream optical signal. The second coherent optics transceiver is configured to simultaneously receive the downstream optical signal from the first coherent optics transceiver and transmit the upstream optical signal first coherent optics transceiver. At least one of the downstream optical signal and the upstream optical signal includes at least one coherent optical carrier and at least one non-coherent optical carrier.

Deep neural networks (DNNs) have become very popular in many areas, especially classification and prediction. However, as the number of neurons in the DNN increases to solve more complex problems, the DNN becomes limited by the latency and power consumption of existing hardware. A scalable, ultra-low latency photonic tensor processor can compute DNN layer outputs in a single shot. The processor includes free-space optics that perform passive optical copying and distribution of an input vector and integrated optoelectronics that implement passive weighting and the nonlinearity. An example of this processor classified the MNIST handwritten digit dataset (with an accuracy of 94%, which is close to the 96% ground truth accuracy). The processor can be scaled to perform near-exascale computing before hitting its fundamental throughput limit, which is set by the maximum optical bandwidth before significant loss of classification accuracy (determined experimentally).

A method for scheduling resources for a Wavelength Division Multiplexed, WDM, Passive Optical Network, PON. The WDM PON comprises a central hub (201) and a plurality of remote Optical Network Terminals, ONTs, (220) handling different types of communications traffic. The method (450) comprises receiving (452) a notification message from the plurality of remote Optical Network Terminals, ONTs, indicating a loading status of the ONT, and allocating (454) one or more slots to a plurality of the ONTs based on the received notification messages from the ONTs, wherein the plurality of ONTs (220) handle different types of communications traffic. The slots (301) are allocated based on the received notification messages as a time slot which is time division multiplexed with further time slots, and the slots are further allocated based on the received notification messages as an optical wavelength of a plurality of optical wavelengths of the WDM PON.

A communication method, a device, and a system, the method including sending, by an optical line terminal (OLT) of a passive optical network that comprises the OLT and a plurality of optical network units (ONUs), a first downstream frame to the activated ONU using at least one downstream wavelength path, where the OLT and the at least one ONU of the plurality of ONUs communicate with each other using at the least one downstream wavelength path and a plurality of upstream wavelength paths, the plurality of ONUs comprises an activated ONU, wherein the first downstream frame comprises a first path identifier used to identify a first upstream wavelength path, and the first upstream wavelength path is one of the plurality of upstream wavelength paths, and receiving, by the OLT, upstream service data from the activated ONU using the first upstream wavelength path.

A system may use a single fiber combining module (SFCM) that combines multiple wavelength channels of different optical technologies over a single fiber. In an example, a SFCM may include a original band (O-band) port, wherein the O-band passes signals at a first wavelength range; a XGS PON port, wherein the XGS-PON port passes signals at a second wavelength range; a dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) port, wherein the DWDM port passes signals at a third wavelength range, wherein the first frequency range, the second frequency range, and the third wavelength range are different; and a common port connected with a fiber, the common port simultaneously combining signals from the O-band port, XGS-PON port, and the DWDM port.

A communication device is a first communication device in an optical communication system including the first communication device, a second communication device, and a control device that controls opening of an optical path between the first communication device and the second communication device, and the communication device includes a first reception unit configured to receive a downlink control signal that is an optical signal having a predetermined wavelength transmitted from the control device; and a second reception unit configured to receive a main signal that is an optical signal having a wavelength different from the predetermined wavelength transmitted from the second communication device.

In one embodiment, a first group of splitters receives a group of signals from a group of transmitters. Each splitter in the first group of splitters splits a signal into a plurality of signals that are sent to a plurality of multiplexers. A multiplexer in the plurality of multiplexers receives one of the plurality of signals from each splitter in the group of splitters and multiplexes the received one of the plurality of signals into a multiplexed signal. The multiplexer sends the multiplexed signal through a single connection in which upstream signals are sent to a group of nodes and downstream signals are received from the group of nodes. A de-multiplexer de-multiplexes the multiplexed signal into the group of signals and sends the group of signals to the group of nodes via a second group of splitters that are connected to the group of nodes.

A transmission device includes: a first wavelength conversion circuit configured to convert a wavelength band of a wavelength multiplexed signal light based on a wavelength of a second excitation light by performing four-wave mixing on the second excitation light and the wavelength multiplexed signal light inputted to a second nonlinear medium; and a second wavelength conversion circuit configured to convert the wavelength band of the wavelength multiplexed signal light based on a difference between frequencies of a third excitation light and a fourth excitation light by performing four-wave mixing on the third excitation light and the fourth excitation light and the wavelength multiplexed signal light inputted to a third nonlinear medium.

A method for scheduling resources for a Wavelength Division Multiplexed, WDM, Passive Optical Network, PON. The WDM PON comprises a central hub (201) and a plurality of remote Optical Network Terminals, ONTs, (220) handling different types of communications traffic. The method (450) comprises receiving (452) a notification message from the plurality of remote Optical Network Terminals, ONTs, indicating a loading status of the ONT, and allocating (454) one or more slots to a plurality of the ONTs based on the received notification messages from the ONTs, wherein the plurality of ONTs (220) handle different types of communications traffic. The slots (301) are allocated based on the received notification messages as a time slot which is time division multiplexed with further time slots, and the slots are further allocated based on the received notification messages as an optical wavelength of a plurality of optical wavelengths of the WDM PON.

A method of communication includes receiving, by an optical line terminal (OLT), a registration request from an optical network unit (ONU) through a specific upstream wavelength, assigning, by the OLT, out of a plurality of normal service upstream wavelengths and a plurality of normal service downstream wavelengths in a wavelength resource pool, a normal service upstream wavelength and a normal service downstream wavelength to the ONU for a normal service between the ONU and the OLT, and informing, through a specific downstream wavelength, the ONU of information regarding the normal service upstream wavelength and the normal service downstream wavelength. The specific downstream and upstream wavelengths are reserved for a registration process that includes receiving, through the specific upstream wavelength, the registration request and sending, through the specific downstream wavelength, the information regarding the normal service upstream wavelength and the normal service downstream wavelength.