IP Library Patent Application 18839901
Patent Application
App. No. 18/839,901

MONITORING DEVICE, MONITORING METHOD AND MONITORING PROGRAM

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18/839,901
Abstract

A data acquisitor of a monitoring device acquires a power value of a range including an entire wavelength of a target channel and acquires power values of ranges including parts of the wavelength of the target channel, from an optical channel monitor that measures power values of optical signals output from nodes. A determinator compares each of the power values with threshold values based on power values of the nodes in a steady state and determines abnormality in the nodes

Claims (18)

1 . A monitoring device for a transmission device that transmits an optical wavelength multiplexed signal including optical signals of a plurality of channels, the monitoring device comprising:

a data acquisitor that acquires a first power value of a first range including an entire wavelength of the channels and acquires a second power value of a second range including a part of wavelength of the channels from a monitor measuring power values of the optical signals output from the transmission device; and

a determinator that compares each of the first power value and the second power value with a threshold value based on a power value of the transmission device in a steady state and determines abnormality in the transmission device.

2 . The monitoring device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the transmission device includes a wavelength selective switch that multiplexes the optical signals of the plurality of channels to generate the optical wavelength multiplexed signal and filters the optical signals in accordance with a wavelength band assigned to each channel, and

the determinator determines abnormality in an element other than the wavelength selective switch in the transmission device on the basis of comparison between the first power value and the threshold value and determines abnormality in the wavelength selective switch on the basis of comparison between the second power value and the threshold value.

3 . The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the data acquisitor sets, as the second range, two ranges including some of the wavelengths of the channels and located at mutually deviating positions and acquires a power value in each of the two ranges as the second power value.

4 . The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the data acquisitor

sets, as the second range, a range of the wavelengths of the channels including an end to which no other channels are adjacent and acquires the second power value.

5 . The monitoring device according to claim 1 , wherein the data acquisitor

sets, as the second range, a range having a width that is different from a width of the first range and including an end of the wavelengths of the channels and acquires the second power value.

6 . The monitoring device according to claim 2 , comprising

a threshold value setter that sets the threshold value,

wherein when the optical signal is switched, the threshold value setter acquires power values of a channel that is a path of the optical signal which has been switched and of an adjacent channel from the monitor and sets the threshold value.

7 . A monitoring method of a transmission device that transmits an optical wavelength multiplexed signal including optical signals of a plurality of channels, the monitoring method comprising the steps of:

acquiring a first power value of a first range including an entire wavelength of the channels and acquiring a second power value of a second range including a part of the wavelength of the channels from a monitor that measures power values of the optical signals output from the transmission device; and

comparing each of the first power value and the second power value with a threshold value based on a power value of the transmission device in a steady state and determining abnormality in the transmission device.

8 . A non-transitory storage medium storing a monitoring program for causing a computer to function as the monitoring device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 14, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072462/0905 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2024
From: KUBO, TAKASHI; DATE, HIROKI; WATANABE, KOHEI; AOYAGI, KENICHI; SHIMAZAKI, DAISAKU; MAEDA, HIDEKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068450/0860 →