IP Library Granted Patent US 11,902,014
Granted Patent B2
US 11,902,014 · App. 17/863,007 · Granted Feb 13, 2024

Signal processing device and transmission device

Inventor: Hidetoshi Sato (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04J14/0221H04B10/07955
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Patent No.
US 11,902,014
App. No.
17/863,007
Granted
Feb 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A signal processing device includes: a first conversion circuit that, among optical signals of channels included in wavelength division multiplexed optical signal, converts electric field signals that indicate electric field components of the optical signal of a predetermined channel, from time domain signals into frequency domain signals; a filter that passes the electric field signals converted into the frequency domain signals with a passband; a second conversion circuit that converts the electric field signals, from the frequency domain signals into the time domain signals; an amplitude measurement circuit that measures first amplitudes of the electric field signals and second amplitudes of the electric field signals; and a notification circuit that notifies a power measurement device that measures power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel, of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes used in correction of a measurement error of the power of the optical signal.

Claims (26)

1. A signal processing device comprising:

a first conversion circuit that, among optical signals of a plurality of channels included in wavelength division multiplexed optical signal, converts electric field signals that indicate electric field components of the optical signal of a predetermined channel received in a receiving bandwidth wider than a frequency interval of optical signals of the plurality of channels, from time domain signals into frequency domain signals;

a filter circuit that passes the electric field signals converted into the frequency domain signals with a passband narrower than the receiving bandwidth;

a second conversion circuit that converts the electric field signals passed by the filter circuit, from the frequency domain signals into the time domain signals;

an amplitude measurement circuit that measures first amplitudes of the electric field signals input to the filter circuit from the first conversion circuit and second amplitudes of the electric field signals input to the second conversion circuit from the filter circuit, individually; and

a notification circuit that notifies a power measurement device that measures power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel, of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes used in correction of a measurement error of the power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel.

2. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the filter circuit passes the electric field signals with the passband according to the frequency interval.

3. The signal processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the amplitude measurement circuit calculates root mean squares for each of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes, and

the notification circuit notifies the power measurement device of the root mean squares for each of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes.

4. A transmission device comprising:

a light receiving circuit that, among optical signals of a plurality of channels included in wavelength division multiplexed optical signal, receives the optical signal of a predetermined channel in a receiving bandwidth wider than a frequency interval of optical signals of the plurality of channels, and outputs electric field signals that indicate electric field components of the optical signal of the predetermined channel;

a power measurement circuit that measures power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel;

a first conversion circuit that converts the electric field signals from time domain signals into frequency domain signals;

a filter circuit that passes the electric field signals converted into the frequency domain signals with a passband narrower than the receiving bandwidth;

a second conversion circuit that converts the electric field signals passed by the filter circuit, from the frequency domain signals into the time domain signals;

an amplitude measurement circuit that measures first amplitudes of the electric field signals input to the filter circuit from the first conversion circuit and second amplitudes of the electric field signals input to the second conversion circuit from the filter circuit, individually; and

a notification circuit that notifies the power measurement circuit of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes, wherein

the power measurement circuit corrects a measurement error of the power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel, based on a ratio of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes.

5. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the filter circuit passes the electric field signals with the passband according to the frequency interval.

6. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the amplitude measurement circuit calculates root mean squares for each of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes, and

the notification circuit notifies the power measurement device of the root mean squares for each of the first amplitudes and the second amplitudes.

7. The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein the light receiving circuit includes an amplifier that amplifies the electric field signals such that amplitudes of the electric field signals coincide with a predetermined value, and

the power measurement circuit calculates the power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel, based on a gain of the amplifier.

8. The transmission device according to claim 7 , wherein the power measurement circuit acquires the amplitudes of the electric field signals after amplification from the light receiving circuit, and corrects the measurement error of the power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel, based on the amplitudes of the electric field signals.

9. The transmission device according to claim 4 , further comprising a variable optical attenuator that attenuates the power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel input to the light receiving circuit, by an attenuation amount in accordance with a control voltage, wherein

the power measurement circuit corrects the measurement error of the power of the optical signal of the predetermined channel, based on the control voltage.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 072432/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 12, 2022
From: SATO, HIDETOSHI
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 060487/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-148235 · Sep 13, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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