IP Library Granted Patent US 11,349,571
Granted Patent B2
US 11,349,571 · App. 17/043,364 · Granted May 31, 2022

Optical transponder

Inventor: Tatsuhiro Nakada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04B10/40H04B10/506H04B10/60H04J14/0212H04J14/0258
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Patent No.
US 11,349,571
App. No.
17/043,364
Granted
May 31, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical transmitter includes: a plurality of client ports configured to receive a client signal from an end user device; a plurality of line ports configured to generate a line signal in which the client signal is stored, and transmit the line signal to an optical receiver; a switch configured to connect the plurality of client ports with the plurality of line ports; and a label provider configured to provide the client signal with a label for identifying a transmission destination in the optical receiver.

Claims (65)

1. An optical transmitter comprising:

a plurality of client ports configured to receive a client signal from an end user device;

a plurality of line ports configured to generate a line signal in which the client signal is stored, and transmit the line signal to an optical receiver;

a switch configured to connect the plurality of client ports with the plurality of line ports; and

a label provider configured to provide the client signal with a label for identifying a transmission destination in the optical receiver, wherein

each of the plurality of line ports includes a forward error correction processor configured to perform error correction processing on the client signal, and store the label in a free area of an error correction frame of the client signal.

2. The optical transmitter according to claim 1 , wherein

the label provider is disposed between any one of the plurality of client ports and the switch.

3. An optical receiver comprising:

a plurality of line ports configured to receive a line signal in which a client signal is stored from an optical transmitter, and output the client signal;

a label terminator configured to extract, from a label included in the client signal, information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal;

a switch configured to connect any one of the plurality of client ports with any one of the plurality of line ports that receives the line signal, based on information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal; and

a plurality of client ports configured to transmit the client signal to an end user device, wherein

each of the plurality of line ports includes a forward error correction processor configured to perform error correction processing on the client signal, extract the label from an error correction frame of the line signal, and output the label to the label terminator.

4. The optical receiver according to claim 3 , wherein

the label terminator is disposed between any one of the plurality of line ports and the switch.

5. An optical transmission system configured in such a way that the optical transmitter according to claim 1 , and the optical receiver are opposed to each other and transmit the client signal, wherein

the optical receiver comprises:

a plurality of second line ports configured to receive the line signal in which the client signal is stored from the optical transmitter, and output the client signal;

a label terminator configured to extract, from the label included in the client signal, information for identifying the transmission destination of the client signal;

a plurality of second client points configured to transmit the client signal to a second end user device; and

a second switch configured to connect any one of the plurality of second client ports with any one of the plurality of second line ports that receives the line signal, based on the information for identifying the transmission destination of the client signal.

6. An optical transponder comprising:

a plurality of client ports configured to transmit and receive a client signal between an end user device and the optical transponder;

a plurality of line ports configured to transmit and receive a line signal in which the client signal is stored to and from a communication device;

a label provider configured to provide the client signal to be transmitted from the end user device to the communication device, with a first label for identifying a transmission destination in the communication device;

a label terminator configured to extract, from a second label included in the client signal received from the communication device, information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal stored in the line signal received from the communication device; and

a switch configured to connect any one of the plurality of client ports with any one of the plurality of line ports that receives the line signal, based on the information for identifying the transmission destination of the client signal, wherein

each of the plurality of line ports includes a forward error correction processor configured to perform error correction processing on the client signal to be transmitted, and store the label in a free area of an error correction frame of the client signal to be transmitted.

7. The optical transponder according to claim 6 , wherein

a sum of transmission capacities of the plurality of line ports is greater than a sum of transmission capacities of the plurality of client ports.

8. The optical transponder according to claim 6 , further comprising

a wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer configured to wavelength-demultiplex the line signal to be transmitted and received to and from the communication device at each of the plurality of line ports.

9. An optical transponder comprising a plurality of the optical transponders according to claim 8 , wherein

the wavelength multiplexer/demultiplexer further wavelength-demultiplexes the line signal to be transmitted and received to and from the communication device by each of the plurality of the optical transponders.

10. An optical transmission system configured in such a way that the optical transponder according to claim 6 , and the communication device including the optical transponder according to claim 6 are communicably connected via an optical transmission path.

11. The optical transmission system according to claim 10 , wherein,

when an anomaly is detected in any one of the plurality of line ports, the line port in which the anomaly is detected transmits information indicating that the anomaly is detected, to the communication device.

12. The optical transmission system according to claim 11 , wherein,

when receiving information indicating that the anomaly is detected, the communication device suppresses transmission of the line signal to the line port in which the anomaly is detected.

13. The optical transmission system according to claim 11 , wherein

information indicating that the anomaly is detected is stored in a free area of a forward error correction frame of the line signal.

14. The optical transmission system according to claim 12 , wherein

the communication device preferentially transmits the client signal having a high priority being set associated with the first label of the client signal received from the optical transmission path via another any one of the plurality of line ports other than the line port in which the anomaly is detected.

15. The optical transmission system according to claim 14 , wherein

the priority is stored in a free area of a forward error correction frame of the line signal.

16. An optical transmission method comprising:

receiving a client signal from an end user device at a plurality of client ports;

transmitting a line signal in which the client signal is stored, to an optical receiver at a plurality of line ports;

connecting the plurality of client ports with the plurality of line ports; and

providing the client signal to be transferred from any one of the plurality of client ports to any one of the plurality of line ports, with a label for identifying a transmission destination in the optical receiver, wherein

each of the plurality of line ports includes a forward error correction processor configured to perform error correction processing on the client signal, and store the label in a free area of an error correction frame of the client signal.

17. An optical reception method comprising:

transmitting a client signal to an end user device at a plurality of client ports;

receiving a line signal in which the client signal from an optical transmitter is stored at a plurality of line ports;

extracting, from a label included in the client signal, information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal; and

connecting any one of the plurality of client ports with any one of the plurality of line ports that receives the line signal, based on information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal, wherein

each of the plurality of line ports includes a forward error correction processor configured to perform error correction processing on the client signal, extract the label from an error correction frame of the line signal, and output the label to a label terminator.

18. An optical transmission and reception method comprising:

transmitting and receiving a client signal to and from an end user device at a plurality of client ports;

transmitting and receiving a line signal in which the client signal is stored to and from a communication device at a plurality of line ports;

providing the client signal to be transmitted from the end user device to the communication device, with a first label for identifying a transmission destination in the communication device;

extracting, from a second label included in the line signal received from the communication device, information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal; and

connecting any one of the plurality of client ports with any one of the plurality of line ports that receives the line signal, based on information for identifying a transmission destination of the client signal, wherein

each of the plurality of line ports includes a forward error correction processor configured to perform error correction processing on the client signal to be transmitted, and store the label in a free area of an error correction frame of the client signal to be transmitted.

Assignments (6)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION AND PATENT NUMBERS FOR PATENT NUMBERS 10924188, 10581518, 10200117 AND 12009865, WHICH WERE ERRONEOUSLY RECORDED AS APPLICATION NUMBERS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 70575 FRAME 77. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 13, 2025
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2025
From: IP WAVE PTE. LTD.
To: PLS XLIV LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
To: IP WAVE PTE. LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2022
From: NAKADA, TATSUHIRO
To: NEC CORPORATION
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