IP Library Granted Patent US 12,700,925
Granted Patent B2
US 12,700,925 · App. 18/563,451 · Granted Aug 4, 2026

Optical access network and its design method

Inventors: Taku Yamane (Musashino, JP); Chihiro Kito (Musashino, JP); Shingo Ono (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04B10/275
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,700,925
App. No.
18/563,451
Filed
Nov 22, 2023
Granted
Aug 4, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2634
USPC
398/59
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an optical access network and a method for designing the same, in which a plurality of optical cable loops, in which optical cables are connected in a loop shape, are disposed between a communication station building and an optical termination position, and the optical cable loops are connected to each other.

Claims (25)

1 . An optical access network that connects a communication station building and an optical termination position by optical cables, the optical access network comprising:

a plurality of optical cable loops, in which the optical cables are connected in a loop shape, wherein:

the optical cable loops are connected to each other;

the optical cable loops connected to each other have two connection points laid on a common route; and

an optical cable, laid on the common route to the other optical cable loops of the optical cable loops, is composed of an integrated loop cable obtained by integrating a plurality of optical cable loops.

2 . A method for designing an optical access network, the method comprising:

disposing a plurality of optical cable loops, in which optical cables are connected in a loop shape, between a communication station building and an optical termination position; and

connecting the optical cable loops to each other, wherein each of the optical cable loops has a length that is a single failure section length making a failure rate or the number of failure in times (FITs) less than a determined value based on an optical cable type or a construction environment.

3 . The method for designing an optical access network according to claim 2 , further comprising:

providing, on a common route, two connection points between the optical cable loops, in a section where the plurality of optical cable loops are laid on the common route; and

reducing the number of cores of at least one of two or more cables laid on the common route so that the same probability of increase is achieved, per fixed width of demand fluctuation, as that of the optical cable loops not laid on the common route.

4 . The method for designing an optical access network according to claim 2 , further comprising:

providing, on a common route, two connection points between the optical cable loops, in a section where the plurality of optical cable loops are laid on the common route; and

reducing the number of cores of two or more cables laid on the common route so that the same probability of increase is achieved, per fixed width of demand fluctuation, as that of state prior to integration.

5 . A method for designing an optical access network comprising:

disposing a plurality of optical cable loops, in which optical cables are connected in a loop shape, between a communication station building and an optical termination position; and

connecting the optical cable loops to each other, including:

providing, on a common route, two connection points between the optical cable loops, in a section where the plurality of optical cable loops are laid on the common route; and

widening a distance between the two connection points provided on the common route, within an allowable range on the common route.

6 . The method for designing an optical access network according to claim 5 , further comprising:

providing, on a common route, two connection points between the optical cable loops, in a section where the plurality of optical cable loops are laid on the common route; and

reducing the number of cores of at least one of two or more cables laid on the common route so that the same probability of increase is achieved, per fixed width of demand fluctuation, as that of the optical cable loops not laid on the common route.

7 . The method for designing an optical access network according to claim 5 , further comprising:

providing, on a common route, two connection points between the optical cable loops, in a section where the plurality of optical cable loops are laid on the common route; and

reducing the number of cores of two or more cables laid on the common route so that the same probability of increase is achieved, per fixed width of demand fluctuation, as that of state prior to integration.

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 Dec 12, 2023
From: YAMANE, TAKU; KITO, CHIHIRO; ONO, SHINGO
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065837/0749 →
Continuity (1)
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