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App. No. 18/709,730

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD

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18/709,730
Abstract

An optical communication system including a subscriber device that performs optical connection with other subscriber device by End-End, and a management control device that controls each subscriber device, wherein the subscriber device includes an optical signal transmission unit configured to transmit an optical signal, an optical signal reception unit configured to receive an optical signal transmitted from the other subscriber device, and an output function unit configured to output an optical signal outputted by the optical signal transmission unit to an optical transmission line regardless of a wavelength and outputs an optical signal inputted from the optical transmission line to the optical signal reception unit regardless of the wavelength, and the management control device allocates wavelengths so that a transmission wavelength of the subscriber device becomes a reception wavelength of the other subscriber device and a transmission wavelength of the other subscriber device becomes a reception wavelength of the subscriber device.

Claims (30)

1 . An optical communication system comprising a subscriber device that performs optical connection with other subscriber device by End-End, and a management control device that controls each subscriber device, wherein

the subscriber device comprises

an optical signal transmitter configured to transmit an optical signal,

an optical signal receiver configured to receive an optical signal transmitted from the other subscriber device, and

an outputter configured to output the optical signal outputted by the optical signal transmitter to an optical transmission line regardless of a wavelength and output an optical signal inputted from the optical transmission line to the optical signal receiver regardless of the wavelength, and

the management control device allocates wavelengths so that a transmission wavelength of the subscriber device becomes a reception wavelength of the other subscriber device and a transmission wavelength of the other subscriber device becomes a reception wavelength of the subscriber device.

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

the outputter is a circulator,

the circulator has a first port, a second port, and a third port,

the first port is connected to the optical signal transmitter,

the second port is connected to the optical transmission line,

the third port is connected to the optical signal receiver, and

the circulator outputs an optical signal inputted to the first port to the optical transmission line connected to the second port and outputs an optical signal inputted to the second port to the optical signal receiver connected to the third port.

3 . The optical communication system according to claim 1 , wherein

the outputter is an optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit that multiplexes or branches an inputted optical signal,

the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit has a first port, a second port and a third port,

the first port is connected to the optical signal transmitter,

the second port is connected to the optical signal receiver,

the third port is connected to the optical transmission line, and

the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit multiplexes an optical signal inputted to the first port and an optical signal inputted to the second port and outputs the multiplexed optical signal to the optical transmission line connected to the third port, branches an optical signal inputted to the third port and outputs the branched optical signal to the optical signal transmitter connected to the first port and the optical signal receiver connected to the second port.

4 . The optical communication system according to claim 3 , wherein

the subscriber device further comprises

a signal insulator configured to pass an optical signal in a first direction from the optical signal transmitter to the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit and cuts off an optical signal in a second direction from the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit to the optical signal transmitter between the optical signal transmitter and the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit.

5 . The optical communication system according to claim 3 , wherein

the subscriber device further comprises a wavelength variable selector configured to pass an optical signal having a wavelength in a preset wavelength range between the optical signal receiver and the optical multiplexing/demultiplexing unit.

6 . An optical communication method in an optical communication system comprising a subscriber device and a management control device that optically connects the subscriber device and other communicating subscriber device by End-End and controls each subscriber device, wherein

the management control device allocates wavelengths so that a transmission wavelength of the subscriber device becomes a reception wavelength of the other subscriber device and a transmission wavelength of the other subscriber device becomes a reception wavelength of the subscriber device, and

the subscriber device outputs an optical signal to an optical transmission line regardless of a wavelength,

the other subscriber device receives the optical signal transmitted from the subscriber device via the optical transmission line, and

the other subscriber device outputs the optical signal inputted from the optical transmission line to an optical signal receiver regardless of the wavelength.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072997/0354 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 13, 2024
From: KANEKO, SHIN; KANAI, TAKUYA; SHIBATA, NAOTAKA; KANI, JUNICHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 067393/0712 →