IP Library Granted Patent US 11,973,579
Granted Patent B2
US 11,973,579 · App. 17/871,382 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Add/drop multiplexer, network system, transmission method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and management device

Inventor: Yurie Matsuyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04J14/021H04B10/27H04B10/572H04J14/00H04J14/02H04Q3/52
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Patent No.
US 11,973,579
App. No.
17/871,382
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a wavelength path communication node device with no collision of wavelengths and routes, capable of outputting arbitrary wavelengths, and capable of outputting them to arbitrary routes. An add/drop multiplexer ( 11 ) includes a communication unit ( 101 ) that communicates an optical signal with at least one client device and at least one network and a control unit ( 102 ) that indicates a transfer destination of the optical signal according to an attribute of the received optical signal to the communication unit ( 101 ). The control unit ( 102 ) indicates an attenuation amount of the optical signal to the communication unit ( 101 ) for each connected device. When a connected device is changed, the control unit ( 102 ) instructs the communication unit ( 101 ) to change the attenuation amount. The communication unit ( 101 ) attenuates the optical signal with the attenuation amount indicated by the control unit ( 102 ) and transfers the attenuated optical signal to a transfer destination.

Claims (32)

1. An optical communication apparatus comprising;

an attenuator configured to attenuate an optical signal from a target connected to the optical communication apparatus; and

a controller configured to receive a connection information of the target and send, to the attenuator, an attenuation amount according to the connection information,

wherein the connection information indicates the connection relationship between the target and the attenuator, and the controller sends, based on the connection information, the attenuation amount corresponding to a first optical device when the target is the first optical device, and sends the attenuation amount corresponding to a second optical device when the target is the second optical device.

2. The optical communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical signal is input into the attenuator via an input port, and

the controller sends the attenuation amount corresponding to the first optical device when a connection destination of the input port is the first optical device, and sends the attenuation amount corresponding to the second optical device when the connection destination of the input port is the second optical device.

3. The optical communication apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the target is a client device or a network.

4. The optical communication apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a multiplexer configured to multiplex the optical signal attenuated by the attenuator and other optical signals.

5. An optical communication system comprising;

a network management apparatus, and

an optical communication apparatus;

wherein

the network management apparatus controls the optical communication apparatus; and

the optical communication apparatus comprising;

an attenuator configured to attenuate an optical signal from a target connected to the optical communication apparatus; and

a controller configured to receive, from the network management apparatus, a connection information of the target and send, to the attenuator, an attenuation amount according to the connection information,

wherein the connection information indicates the connection relationship between the target and the attenuator, and the controller sends, based on the connection information, the attenuation amount corresponding to a first optical device when the target is the first optical device, and sends the attenuation amount corresponding to a second optical device when the target is the second optical device.

6. The optical communication system according to claim 5 , wherein

the optical signal is input into the attenuator via an input port, and

the controller sends the attenuation amount corresponding to the first optical device when a connection destination of the input port is the first optical device, and sends the attenuation amount corresponding to the second optical device when the connection destination of the input port is the second optical device.

7. The optical communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the target is a client device or a network.

8. The optical communication system according to claim 5 , further comprising a multiplexer configured to multiplex the optical signal attenuated by the attenuator and other optical signals.

9. An optical communication method for an optical communication apparatus, the optical communication method comprising;

attenuating an optical signal from a target connected to the optical communication apparatus; and

receiving a connection information of the target and attenuating the optical signal with an attenuation amount according to the connection information,

wherein the connection information indicates the connection relationship between the target and the attenuator, and based on the connection information, the attenuation amount is determined to be an amount corresponding to a first optical device when the target is the first optical device, and is determined to be an amount corresponding to a second optical device when the target is the second optical device.

10. The optical communication method according to claim 9 , wherein

the optical signal is input into attenuator via an input port, and

the attenuation amount is an amount corresponding to the first optical device when a connection destination of the input port is the first optical device, and is an amount corresponding to the second optical device when the connection destination of the input port is the second optical device.

11. The optical communication method according to claim 9 , wherein the target is a client device or a network.

12. The optical communication method according to claim 9 , further multiplexing the optical signal attenuated by the attenuator and other optical signals.

Assignments (5)
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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To: PLS XLIV LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2024
From: NEC ASIA PACIFIC PTE LTD.
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 21, 2024
From: NEC CORPORATION
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