Optical transport system

1. A method for optically transporting data without chromatic dispersion compensation, the method comprising:

receiving a first data stream at a data rate of about 2.5 Gbps;

receiving a second data stream at a data rate of about 2.5 Gbps;

framing the first data stream into a first framed data stream;

framing the second data stream into a second framed data stream; and

combining the first and second framed data streams into a third data stream at a data rate of about 5 Gbps by interleaving the first framed data stream and the second framed data stream,

wherein the combining is subsequent to the framing steps,

wherein the third data stream is modulated for optically transporting the same from a transmission end.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the interleaving is done by a backplane transceiver.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the combining further includes byte interleaving the first and second framed data streams.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the byte interleaving uses an interleaved frame including one or more error checking sections.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the interleaved frame further includes a channel ID section and a payload section.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the interleaved frame further includes a channel monitoring and management section.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the combining further includes bit interleaving the first and second framed data streams.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving the optically transported data at a receiving end;

demodulating the optically transported data into an electrical data stream at about 5 Gbps; and

reconstructing the first data stream and the second data stream at about 2.5 Gbps.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the reconstructing further includes extracting the first framed data stream and the second framed data stream from the interleaved third data stream.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the first and second framed data stream is of a format selected from a group consisting of OC-48, STM-16, and OTU1.

11. A method for optically transporting data without chromatic dispersion compensation, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of incoming data streams at an original data rate lower than about 2.5 Gbps;

framing the plurality of data streams into a plurality of framed data stream; and

combining the plurality of framed data streams into an outgoing data stream at a data rate of about 5 Gbps by interleaving the framed data streams,

wherein the combining is subsequent to the framing,

wherein the outgoing data stream uses a non-SONET/SDH frame and is modulated for optically transporting the same over a long distance from a transmission end.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the interleaving is done by a backplane transceiver.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the interleaving uses a 2-to-1 interleaving ratio if there are two incoming data streams at a data rate of about 2.5 Gbps.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the interleaving uses a 4-to-1 interleaving ratio if there are four incoming data streams at a data rate of about 1 Gbps.

15. The method of claim 11 wherein the interleaving uses an interleaved frame including one or more error checking sections, a channel ID section and a payload section.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the interleaved frame further includes a channel monitoring and management section.

17. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving the optically transported data at a receiving end;

demodulating the optically transported data into an electrical data stream at about 5 Gbps, and

reconstructing a plurality of data streams at the original data rate.

18. A system for optically transporting data using a 5 Gbps transport rate without chromatic dispersion compensation, the system comprising:

a first framer for receiving and framing a first data stream;

a first converter for transporting the framed first data stream at an original data rate of about 2.5 Gbps;

a second framer for receiving and framing a second data stream;

a second converter for transporting the framed second data stream at an original data rate of about 2.5 Gbps; and

a 5 Gbps transceiver for combining the first and second framed data streams into a third data stream at a data rate of about 5 Gbps by interleaving the first framed data stream and the second framed data stream,

an optical transmitter for modulating the third data stream for optically transporting the same over a long distance from a transmission end to a receiving end

wherein the first and second data streams are framed before the first and second framed data streams are combined into the third data stream.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the first and second converters are 2.5 Gbps serializer-deserializer (SerDes).

20. The system of claim 18 wherein the 5 Gbps transceiver is a 5 Gbps SerDes.

21. The system of claim 18 wherein the first and second framer frame the first and second data streams respectively using OC-48, STM-16 or OTU1 format.