IP Library Patent Application 18857445
Patent Application
App. No. 18/857,445

STATION-SIDE OPTICAL NETWORK UNIT, COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD

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App. No.
18/857,445
Abstract

An aspect of the present invention is a station-side optical network unit to be connected to a subscriber-side optical network unit, the station-side optical network unit including: an acquisition unit that acquires, from the subscriber-side optical network unit, a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal transmitted from the station-side optical network unit and received by the subscriber-side optical network unit; a deriving unit that derives a physical quantity indicating a quality of the received signal from the signal-to-noise ratio acquired by the acquisition unit; and a setting unit that sets a power of a signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to a minimum power among powers at which the physical quantity derived by the deriving unit indicates a predetermined quality.

Claims (34)

1 . A station-side optical network unit to be connected to a subscriber-side optical network unit, the station-side optical network unit comprising:

a processor; and

a storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, when executed by the processor, perform to:

acquire, from the subscriber-side optical network unit, a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal transmitted from the station-side optical network unit and received by the subscriber-side optical network unit;

derive a physical quantity indicating a quality of the received signal from the signal-to-noise ratio acquired; and

set a power of a signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to a minimum power among powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates a predetermined quality.

2 . The station-side optical network unit according to claim 1 , wherein in a case where a plurality of the subscriber-side optical network units is connected, the processor sets the power of the signal transmitted by the subscriber-side optical network unit for each of the plurality of subscriber-side optical network units.

3 . The station-side optical network unit according to claim 1 , wherein the processor sets the power of the signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to the minimum power among the powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates the predetermined quality by reducing stepwise a power determined as an initial value.

4 . A communication system comprising a subscriber-side optical network unit and a station-side optical network unit to be connected to the subscriber-side optical network unit, wherein

the station-side optical network unit comprises

a first processor; and

a first storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, when executed by the first processor, perform to:

acquire, from the subscriber-side optical network unit, a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal transmitted from the station-side optical network unit and received by the subscriber-side optical network unit,

derive a physical quantity indicating a quality of the received signal from the signal-to-noise ratio acquired, and

set a power of a signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to a minimum power among powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates a predetermined quality; and

the subscriber-side optical network unit comprises

a second processor; and

a second storage medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, when executed by the second processor, perform to:

measure the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal, and

transmit the signal-to-noise ratio measured to the station-side optical network unit.

5 . The communication system according to claim 4 , wherein in a case where a plurality of the subscriber-side optical network units is connected, the first processor sets the power of the signal transmitted by the subscriber-side optical network unit for each of the plurality of subscriber-side optical network units.

6 . The communication system according to claim 4 , wherein the first processor sets the power of the signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to the minimum power among the powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates the predetermined quality by reducing stepwise a power determined as an initial value.

7 . A control method of a station-side optical network unit to be connected to a subscriber-side optical network unit, the control method comprising:

acquiring, from the subscriber-side optical network unit, a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal transmitted from the station-side optical network unit and received by the subscriber-side optical network unit;

deriving a physical quantity indicating a quality of the received signal from the signal-to-noise ratio acquired; and

setting a power of a signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to a minimum power among powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates a predetermined quality.

8 . A control method of a communication system including a subscriber-side optical network unit and a station-side optical network unit to be connected to the subscriber-side optical network unit, the control method comprising:

acquiring, by the station-side optical network unit, from the subscriber-side optical network unit, a signal-to-noise ratio of a received signal transmitted from the station-side optical network unit and received by the subscriber-side optical network unit;

deriving, by the station-side optical network unit, a physical quantity indicating a quality of the received signal from the acquired signal-to-noise ratio;

setting, by the station-side optical network unit, a power of a signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to a minimum power among powers at which the derived physical quantity indicates a predetermined quality;

measuring, by the optical network unit, the signal-to-noise ratio of the received signal, and

transmitting, by the optical network unit, the measured signal-to-noise ratio to the station-side optical network unit.

9 . The station-side optical network unit according to claim 2 , wherein the processor sets the power of the signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to the minimum power among the powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates the predetermined quality by reducing stepwise a power determined as an initial value.

10 . The communication system according to claim 5 , wherein the first processor sets the power of the signal transmitted by the station-side optical network unit to the minimum power among the powers at which the physical quantity derived indicates the predetermined quality by reducing stepwise a power determined as an initial value.

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 Oct 16, 2024
From: KIM, SANG-YUEP; KANI, JUNICHI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 068920/0028 →