IP Library Granted Patent US 12,732,299
Granted Patent B2
US 12,732,299 · App. 18/694,838 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Control apparatus, communication system, control method and program

Inventors: Hiroko Nomura (Musashino, JP); Hirotaka Ujikawa (Musashino, JP); Kenji Miyamoto (Musashino, JP); Kota Asaka (Musashino, JP); Yoshihito Sakai (Musashino, JP); Tatsuya Shimada (Musashino, JP)
Assignee: NTT, Inc.
H04J14/0227H04J14/0212H04J2203/0058
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Patent No.
US 12,732,299
App. No.
18/694,838
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control device includes an acquisition unit that acquires information from a distributed station that notifies the information related to one or more events occurred within a predetermined time period at a predetermined notification frequency, an information analysis unit that executes analysis processing on the information, a frequency derivation unit that derives an occurrence frequency of the information, a load derivation unit that derives a load of analysis processing of the information, and a frequency control unit that controls the predetermined notification frequency with a frequency lower than the occurrence frequency as an upper limit on the basis of at least one of an analysis result of the information, an occurrence frequency of the information, and a load of analysis processing of the information.

Claims (24)

1 . A control device comprising:

an acquisitor configured to acquire information used for judging a wavelength switching to an optical path, from a distributed station that notifies the information related to one or more events occurred within a predetermined time period at a predetermined notification frequency;

an information analyser configured to execute analysis processing on the information;

a frequency derivator configured to derive an occurrence frequency of the information;

a load derivator configured to derive a load of analysis processing of the information;

a frequency controller configured to control the predetermined notification frequency with a frequency lower than the occurrence frequency as an upper limit on the basis of an occurrence frequency of the information;

a storage processor configured to record the information notified from the distributed station in a storage in association with the notification time, and discard the information from the storage when it is judged that the occurrence frequency of the information is less than a predetermined threshold value.

2 . A communication system comprising a distributed station and a control device, wherein

the distributed station comprises a notification processor that notifies information related to one or more events occurred within a predetermined time period at a predetermined notification frequency, and

the control device comprises

an acquisitor that acquires the information used for judging a wavelength switching to an optical path,

an information analyser that executes analysis processing on the information,

a frequency derivator that derives an occurrence frequency of the information,

a load derivator that derives a load of analysis processing of the information, and

a frequency controller that controls the predetermined notification frequency with a frequency lower than the occurrence frequency as an upper limit on the basis of an occurrence frequency of the information, and

a storage processor that records the information notified from the distributed station in a storage in association with the notification time, and discards the information from the storage when it is judged that the occurrence frequency of the information is less than a predetermined threshold value.

3 . A control method executed by a control device, the control method comprising:

acquiring information used for judging a wavelength switching to an optical path, from a distributed station that notifies the information related to one or more events occurred within a predetermined time period at a predetermined notification frequency;

executing analysis processing on the information;

deriving an occurrence frequency of the information;

deriving a load of analysis processing of the information;

controlling the predetermined notification frequency with a frequency lower than the occurrence frequency as an upper limit on the basis of an occurrence frequency of the information; and

recording the information notified from the distributed station in a storage in association with the notification time, and discarding the information from the storage when it is judged that the occurrence frequency of the information is less than a predetermined threshold value.

4 . A non-transitory computer readable medium which stores a program for causing a computer to function as the control device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072996/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2024
From: NOMURA, HIROKO; UJIKAWA, HIROTAKA; MIYAMOTO, KENJI; ASAKA, KOTA; SAKAI, YOSHIHITO; SHIMADA, TATSUYA
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066888/0426 →
Continuity (1)
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