(under subclass 109) Subject matter wherein an optical transmitter and receiver are at a common location for transmission and reception of separate signals, and an optical signal is transmitted using some of the same equipment used for the reception of another optical signal.
(1) Note. The optical transmitter and receiver are confined to a common housing in a transceiver and termed "a station".
(2) Note. The simultaneous separation of a transmitter and receiver is a duplex operation and is classified in subclass 113, Duplex.
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113, for a duplexer which uses a single transmission line to both transmit and receive.
152+, for optical transceivers in an optical communication system.
154+, for an optical transmitter and receiver system in an optical communication system.
164, for plural stations having the transmitter and receiver in different housings and locations. 174+, for an optical repeater communication system.
180+, for an optical transmitter in an optical communication system.
189+, for an optical receiver in an optical communication system.
