IP Library Granted Patent US 11,228,822
Granted Patent B2
US 11,228,822 · App. 17/130,357 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Transmission system, transmission device, and transmission method

Inventors: Masahiro Yuki (Kawasaki, JP); Shingo Hara (Kawasaki, JP); Takeshi Sakamoto (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04Q11/0005H04Q11/0062G02F1/353H04J14/00H04Q2011/0011H04Q2011/0088H04Q2213/13295H04Q2213/172
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Patent No.
US 11,228,822
App. No.
17/130,357
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A transmission device, includes a first wavelength converter configured to convert a second wavelength-multiplexed signal in a first wavelength band to a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, and a multiplexer configured to transmit, after the conversion, a wavelength-multiplexed signal obtained through multiplexing of a first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, a first supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the first wavelength-multiplexed signal, the second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, and a second supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the second wavelength-multiplexed signal, wherein the first supervisory control signal light ray and the second supervisory control signal light ray each have a wavelength in a wavelength band different from the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band.

Claims (67)

1. A transmission system, comprising:

a first transmission device; and

a second transmission device that is coupled to the first transmission device,

the first transmission device including:

an optical amplifier configured to amplify a first wavelength-multiplexed signal light in a first wavelength band;

a multiplexer coupled to an output of the optical amplifier, the multiplexer being configured to multiplex the first wavelength-multiplexed signal light and a first supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the first wavelength-multiplexed signal; and

a transmission processing circuit coupled to an output of the multiplexer, the transmission processing circuit being configured to

obtain the first wavelength-multiplexed signal light multiplexed with the first supervisory control signal light ray,

demultiplex the first supervisory control signal light ray from the obtained first wavelength-multiplexed signal light to yield the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal light from which the first supervisory control signal light ray has been removed,

convert, to a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal light, and

transmit a wavelength-multiplexed signal to the second transmission device, the wavelength-multiplexed signal being obtained by multiplexing a second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, a second supervisory control signal light ray 2 that is a control signal for the second wavelength-multiplexed signal, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, and the first supervisory control signal light ray demultiplexed from the obtained first wavelength-multiplexed signal light in the first wavelength band,

the second transmission device including:

a reception processing circuit configured to

receive the wavelength-multiplexed signal,

demultiplex, from the received wavelength-multiplexed, the first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, the second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, the first supervisory control signal light ray, and the second supervisory control signal light ray, and

convert, from the second wavelength band to the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal, and

multiplex the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band and the demultiplexed first supervisory control signal light ray; and

a demultiplexer coupled to an output of the reception processing circuit, the demultiplexer being configured to demultiplex the first supervisory control signal light ray from the first wavelength-multiplexed signal output from the reception processing circuit,

wherein the first supervisory control signal light ray and the second supervisory control signal light ray each have a wavelength in a wavelength band different from the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band.

2. The transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first transmission device is configured to convert, before the multiplexing of the first supervisory control signal light ray and the first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, a wavelength of the first supervisory control signal 3 light ray to a wavelength different from a wavelength of the second supervisory control signal light ray.

3. The transmission system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first transmission device is configured to:

multiplex a third supervisory control signal light ray to a third wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band;

demultiplex, before converting the third wavelength-multiplexed signal from the first wavelength band to the second wavelength band, the third second supervisory control signal light ray from the third wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band to yield the demultiplexed third wavelength-multiplexed signal light from which the third supervisory control signal light ray has been removed; and

convert, to the second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed third wavelength-multiplexed signal light, and

the transmitting of the wavelength-multiplexed signal is configured to transmit the wavelength-multiplexed signal obtained through multiplexing of the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, the second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, the first supervisory control signal light ray, the second supervisory control signal light ray, the demultiplexed third wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, and the third supervisory control signal light ray.

4. A transmission device comprising:

an optical amplifier configured to amplify a first wavelength-multiplexed signal light in a first wavelength band;

a multiplexer coupled to an output of the optical amplifier, the multiplexer being configured to multiplex the first wavelength-multiplexed signal light and a first supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the first wavelength-multiplexed signal; and

a transmission processing circuit coupled to an output of the multiplexer, the transmission processing circuit being configured to

obtain the first wavelength-multiplexed signal light multiplexed with the first supervisory control signal light ray,

demultiplex the first supervisory control signal light ray from the obtained first wavelength-multiplexed signal light to yield the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal light from which the first supervisory control signal light ray has been removed,

convert, to a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band,

the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal light, and

transmit a wavelength-multiplexed signal to another transmission device, the wavelength-multiplexed signal being obtained by multiplexing a second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, a second supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the second wavelength-multiplexed signal, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, and the first supervisory control signal light ray demultiplexed from the obtained first wavelength-multiplexed signal light in the first wavelength band, the another transmission device including:

a reception processing circuit configured to

receive the wavelength-multiplexed signal,

demultiplex, from the received wavelength-multiplexed, the first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, the second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, the first supervisory control signal light ray, and the second supervisory control signal light ray, and

convert, from the second wavelength band to the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal, and

multiplex the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band and the demultiplexed first supervisory control signal light ray; and

a demultiplexer coupled to an output of the reception processing circuit, the demultiplexer being configured to demultiplex the first supervisory control signal light ray from the first wavelength-multiplexed signal output from the reception processing circuit, wherein

the first supervisory control signal light ray and the second supervisory control signal light ray each have a wavelength in a wavelength band different from the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band.

5. The transmission device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a second multiplexer configured to multiplex a third supervisory control signal light ray to a third wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band,

wherein the transmission processing circuit is coupled to an output of the second multiplexer, the transmission processing circuit being configured to:

obtain the third wavelength-multiplexed signal light multiplexed with the third supervisory control signal light ray,

demultiplex the third supervisory control signal light ray from the obtained third wavelength-multiplexed signal light to yield the demultiplexed third wavelength-multiplexed signal light from which the third supervisory control signal light ray has been removed, and

convert, to the second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed third wavelength-multiplexed signal light,

the transmitting of the wavelength-multiplexed signal is configured to transmit the wavelength-multiplexed signal obtained through multiplexing of the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, the second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, the first supervisory control signal light ray, the second supervisory control signal light ray, the demultiplexed third wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, and the third supervisory control signal light ray.

6. The transmission device according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a wavelength converter configured to convert, before multiplexing the first supervisory control signal light ray and the second supervisory control signal light ray, a wavelength of the first supervisory control signal light ray to a wavelength different from a wavelength of the second supervisory control signal light ray.

7. A transmission method comprising:

amplifying a first wavelength-multiplexed signal light in a first wavelength band;

multiplexing the first wavelength-multiplexed signal light and a first supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the first wavelength-multiplexed signal;

demultiplexing the first supervisory control signal light ray from the first wavelength-multiplexed signal light multiplexed with the first supervisory control signal light ray to yield the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal light from which the first supervisory control signal light ray has been removed;

converting, to a second wavelength band different from the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal light; and

transmitting a wavelength-multiplexed signal to another transmission device, the wavelength-multiplexed signal being obtained by multiplexing a second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, a second supervisory control signal light ray that is a control signal for the second wavelength-multiplexed signal, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, and the first supervisory control signal light ray demultiplexed from the obtained first wavelength-multiplexed signal light in the first wavelength band, the another transmission device including:

a reception processing circuit configured to

receive the wavelength-multiplexed signal,

demultiplex, from the received wavelength-multiplexed, the first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the second wavelength band, the second wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band, the first supervisory control signal light ray, and the second supervisory control signal light ray, and

convert, from the second wavelength band to the first wavelength band, the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal, and

multiplex the demultiplexed first wavelength-multiplexed signal in the first wavelength band and the demultiplexed first supervisory control signal light ray; and

a demultiplexer coupled to an output of the reception processing circuit, the demultiplexer being configured to demultiplex the first supervisory control signal light ray from the first wavelength-multiplexed signal output from the reception processing circuit, wherein

the first supervisory control signal light ray and the second supervisory control signal light ray each have a wavelength in a wavelength band different from the first wavelength band and the second wavelength band.

8. The transmission method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

converting, before multiplexing the first supervisory control signal light ray and the second supervisory control signal light ray, a wavelength of the first supervisory control signal light ray to a wavelength different from a wavelength of the second supervisory control signal light ray.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-221400 · Nov 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
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