IP Library Granted Patent US 12,538,052
Granted Patent B2
US 12,538,052 · App. 18/271,572 · Granted Jan 27, 2026

Optical transport system, orchestrator, control method, and storage medium of control program

Inventors: Kazuya Anazawa (Musashino, JP); Toru Mano (Musashino, JP); Takeru Inoue (Musashino, JP); Hideki Nishizawa (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04Q11/0062H04J14/0267H04J14/02862H04L45/42H04Q2011/0073H04Q2011/0083
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Patent No.
US 12,538,052
App. No.
18/271,572
Granted
Jan 27, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An orchestrator includes: a communication request reception unit that receives a communication requirement from a first computer; an optical transport NW design unit that determines an optical path to be used for communication based on the communication requirement and a state of an optical transport path of an optical transport network and calculates setting information to be set to an optical network device of each of a plurality of nodes to construct the optical path; a result output/transmission unit that transmits the setting information to the optical network device to each of the plurality of nodes; and an ACK transmission unit that transmits the setting completion notification to the first computer after receiving a setting completion response of the setting information from the plurality of nodes.

Claims (33)

1 . An optical transport system comprising: a plurality of nodes constituting an optical transport network; a first computer and a second computer that perform communication via the optical transport network; and an orchestrator connected to the plurality of nodes and the first computer and the second computer, wherein

the first computer includes

a transmission unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit a communication requirement related to communication with the second computer to the orchestrator, and

a first reception unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive a setting completion notification of an optical path constructed in the optical transport network from the orchestrator, and

the orchestrator includes

a second reception unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive the communication requirement from the first computer,

a first calculation unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine an optical path to be used for the communication based on the communication requirement and a transport quality of an optical transport path of the optical transport network, and calculate setting information to be set to an optical network device of each of the plurality of nodes to construct the optical path, wherein the transport quality comprises non-linear effects including interphase modulation and four-wave mixing depending on a wavelength in use,

a first transmission unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit the setting information to the optical network device to each of the plurality of nodes, and

a second transmission unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit the setting completion notification to the first computer after receiving a setting completion response of the setting information from the plurality of nodes,

each of the plurality of nodes includes

a measurement unit, including one or more processors, configured to measure the transport quality of the optical transport path of the optical transport network and transmit the transport quality to the orchestrator,

a third reception unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive the setting information to the optical network device of a local node from the orchestrator,

a setting unit, including one or more processors, configured to set the setting information to the optical network device of the local node, and

a third transmission unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit the setting completion response to the orchestrator after completing setting of the setting information;

wherein the first calculation unit of the orchestrator is configured to determine an optical path in a communication section between the first computer and the second computer such that a single optical path is selected in a communication section where a communication bandwidth included in the communication requirement can be satisfied with a single optical path, and a plurality of optical paths is selected in a communication section where a single optical path cannot satisfy the communication bandwidth until the communication requirement is satisfied.

2 . The optical transport system according to claim 1 , wherein the orchestrator further includes a second calculation unit, including one or more processors, configured to calculate a task completion time required to complete a task of the communication based on the optical path.

3 . An orchestrator that is connected to a plurality of nodes constituting an optical transport network and connected to a first computer and a second computer that perform communication via the optical transport network, the orchestrator comprising:

a reception unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive a communication requirement related to communication with the second computer from the first computer;

a calculation unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine an optical path to be used for the communication based on the communication requirement and a transport quality of an optical transport path of the optical transport network, and calculate setting information to be set to an optical network device of each of the plurality of nodes to construct the optical path, wherein the transport quality comprises non-linear effects including interphase modulation and four-wave mixing depending on a wavelength in use, and

a first transmission unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit the setting information to the optical network device to each of the plurality of nodes;

a second transmission unit, including one or more processors, configured to transmit a setting completion notification of the optical path constructed in the optical transport network to the first computer after receiving a setting completion response of the setting information from the plurality of nodes;

wherein the calculation unit is configured to determine an optical path in a communication section between the first computer and the second computer such that a single optical path is selected in a communication section where a communication bandwidth included in the communication requirement can be satisfied with a single optical path, and a plurality of optical paths is selected in a communication section where a single optical path cannot satisfy the communication bandwidth until the communication requirement is satisfied.

4 . A control method for an optical transport network performed by a plurality of nodes constituting the optical transport network, a first computer and a second computer that perform communication via the optical transport network, and an orchestrator connected to the plurality of nodes and the first computer and the second computer, the control method comprising:

by the first computer, transmitting a communication requirement related to communication with the second computer to the orchestrator;

by the orchestrator, receiving the communication requirement from the first computer;

determining an optical path to be used for the communication based on the communication requirement and a transport quality of an optical transport path of the optical transport network, and calculating setting information to be set to an optical network device of each of the plurality of nodes to construct the optical path, wherein the transport quality comprises non-linear effects including interphase modulation and four-wave mixing depending on a wavelength in use, wherein the optical path is determined such that, in a communication section between the first computer and the second computer, one optical path is selected in a communication section in which a communication bandwidth included in the communication requirement can be satisfied with one optical path, and a plurality of optical paths are selected in a communication section in which the communication bandwidth cannot be satisfied with one optical path until the communication requirement is satisfied;

transmitting the setting information to the optical network device to each of the plurality of nodes;

by each of the plurality of nodes, receiving the setting information to the optical network device of a local node from the orchestrator;

setting the setting information to the optical network device of the local node;

transmitting a setting completion response of the setting information to the orchestrator after completing setting of the setting information;

by the orchestrator, transmitting a setting completion notification of the optical path constructed in the optical transport network to the first computer after receiving the setting completion response from the plurality of nodes; and

by the first computer, receiving the setting completion notification from the orchestrator.

5 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing control program causing a computer to execute the control method according to claim 4 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072471/0579 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2023
From: ANAZAWA, KAZUYA; MANO, TORU; INOUE, TAKERU; NISHIZAWA, HIDEKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 064200/0690 →
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