The invention pertains to optical fiber transmission systems, and is particularly relevant to optical transport systems employing optical amplifiers. In particular the invention teaches an apparatus and method that allows cost effective co-directional operation of an optical amplifier to support full duplex traffic on a single fiber, and the design of an optical fiber transmission system based on this optical amplifier technology.
CROSS-RERERENC TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application claims benefit under 35 U.S.C. .sctn. 119(e) of provisional U.S. Application Ser. No. 60/433,305, filed Dec. 13, 2002 and entitled "SINGLE FIBER OPTICAL TRANSPORT SYSTEM," the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This application is related by subject matter to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/454,712, filed Jun. 3, 2003 and entitled "APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DUPLEX OPTICAL TRANSPORT USING A CO-DIRECTIONAL OPTICAL AMPLIFIER."
