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US 12,604,122 · App. 18/286,401 · Granted Apr 14, 2026

Optical access system and control signal superimposition method

Inventors: Kazutaka Hara (Musashino, JP); Junichi Kani (Musashino, JP); Shin Kaneko (Musashino, JP); Takuya Kanai (Musashino, JP); Yumiko Senoo (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04Q11/0067H04J14/0307H04Q11/0071H04Q2011/0083
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Patent No.
US 12,604,122
App. No.
18/286,401
Granted
Apr 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an optical access system that performs communication using an optical signal on which a management control signal used for management and control is superimposed, the optical access system including: a subscriber device on a transmitting side that generates an optical signal by superimposing the management control signal on a main signal and transmits the generated optical signal; a management control unit that outputs a management control signal which is superimposed on the optical signal transmitted by the subscriber device on the transmitting side and which has a frequency band different from a frequency of the management control signal superimposed on the optical signal; and a control signal superimposing unit that superimposes the management control signal output from the management control unit on the optical signal.

Claims (26)

1 . An optical access system that performs communication using an optical signal on which a management control signal used for management and control is superimposed, the optical access system comprising:

a subscriber device on a transmitting side and having an optical transmitter, where the optical transmitter is configured to generate an optical signal by superimposing a first management control signal on a main signal and transmits the generated optical signal;

a management controller configured to output a second management control signal addressed to a communication counterpart of the subscriber device on a transmitting side, which is superimposed on the optical signal transmitted by the subscriber device on the transmitting side and which has a frequency band different from a frequency of the first management control signal superimposed on the optical signal and contains control content different from the first management control signal; and

a control signal superimposer configured to superimpose the second management control signal output from the management controller on the optical signal.

2 . The optical access system according to claim 1 , wherein the second management controller outputs the management control signal for the subscriber device on the transmitting side to superimpose the second management control signal by a superimposition method different from a superimposition method for superimposing the first management control signal on a main signal.

3 . The optical access system according to claim 2 , wherein the management controller acquires the superimposition method of the subscriber device on the transmitting side by acquiring the superimposition method from the subscriber device on the transmitting side at a timing at which the subscriber device on the transmitting side is connected or determining the superimposition method used by the subscriber device on the transmitting side in advance.

4 . The optical access system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a splitter configured to split an optical signal transmitted from the subscriber device on the transmitting side on an optical transmission line connecting the subscriber device on the transmitting side and a subscriber device on a receiving side; and

a monitor configured to acquire the first management control signal from the optical signal split by the splitter,

wherein the control signal superimposer superimposes the second management control signal output from the management controller on the optical signal split by the splitter.

5 . The optical access system according to claim 4 , wherein the subscriber device on the receiving side includes a receiver configured to convert the received optical signal into an electrical signal, and a filter configured to acquire the second management control signal superimposed by the control signal superimposer based on the electrical signal.

6 . The optical access system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

wherein the subscriber device on a transmitting side is a plurality of subscriber devices on the transmitting side;

an optical switch configured to connect to the plurality of subscriber devices on the transmitting side; and

an optical multiplexer/demultiplexer configured to multiplex the optical signal output from the optical switch, and demultiplexes the optical signal transmitted from a transmission line.

7 . The optical access system according to claim 1 ,

wherein the subscriber device on the transmitting side is a subscriber device on a first transmitting side and a subscriber device on a second transmitting side,

the control signal superimposer is a first control signal superimposer corresponding to the subscriber device on the first transmitting side and a second control signal superimposer corresponding to the subscriber device on the second transmitting side,

the subscriber device on the first transmitting side and the subscriber device on the second transmitting side are provided at opposing positions, and transmit optical signals having different wavelengths,

the management controller outputs a management control signal addressed to the subscriber device on the first transmitting side to the second control signal superimposer, and outputs a management control signal addressed to the subscriber device on the second transmitting side to the first control signal superimposer,

the first control signal superimposer superimposes a management control signal addressed to the subscriber device on the second transmitting side on an optical signal transmitted by the subscriber device on the first transmitting side, and

the second control signal superimposer superimposes a management control signal addressed to the subscriber device on the first transmitting side on an optical signal transmitted by the subscriber device on the second transmitting side.

8 . A control signal superimposition method in an optical access system that performs communication using an optical signal on which a management control signal used for management and control is superimposed, the control signal superimposition method comprising:

generating, by a subscriber device on a transmitting side, an optical signal by superimposing a first management control signal on a main signal and transmitting, by the subscriber device on the transmitting side, the generated optical signal;

outputting a second management control signal addressed to a communication counterpart of the subscriber device on a transmitting side, which is superimposed on the optical signal transmitted by the subscriber device on the transmitting side and which has a frequency band different from a frequency of the first management control signal superimposed on the optical signal and contains control content different from the first management control signal; and

superimposing the output second management control signal on the optical signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072995/0532 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 11, 2023
From: HARA, KAZUTAKA; KANI, JUNICHI; KANEKO, SHIN; KANAI, TAKUYA; SENOO, YUMIKO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065181/0212 →
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