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App. No. 19/111,703

OPTICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATION APPARATUS, OPTICAL POWER DISTRIBUTION ESTIMATION METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

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19/111,703
Abstract

An optical power distribution estimation device including: a coherent receiver that receives a signal transmitted from an optical transmission device via an optical transmission line; and an optical power distribution estimation unit that estimates an optical power distribution on a basis of at least a signal obtained by compensating for or applying a characteristic of an optical reception device to a reception signal received by the coherent receiver or a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device restored on a basis of the reception signal.

Claims (24)

1 . An optical power distribution estimation device comprising:

a coherent receiver configured to receive a signal transmitted from an optical transmission device via an optical transmission line; and

an optical power distribution estimator configured to estimate an optical power distribution on a basis of at least a signal obtained by compensating for or applying a characteristic of an optical reception device to a reception signal received by the coherent receiver or a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device restored on a basis of the reception signal.

2 . The optical power distribution estimation device according to claim 1 further comprising:

a transmission signal restorer configured to restore a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device on a basis of the reception signal;

an optical transmission device characteristic applicator configured to apply a characteristic of the optical transmission device to the restored signal; and

an optical reception device characteristic applicator configured to apply a characteristic of the optical reception device to the signal to which a characteristic of the optical transmission device has been applied,

wherein the optical power distribution estimator estimates the optical power distribution by using the reception signal and the signal to which a characteristic of the optical transmission device and a characteristic of the optical reception device have been applied.

3 . The optical power distribution estimation device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the optical transmission device characteristic applicator and the optical reception device characteristic applicator apply a characteristic of the optical transmission device and a characteristic of the optical reception device estimated in advance by convolving the restored signal by a convolution operation.

4 . The optical power distribution estimation device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the reception signal is a signal obtained by compensating for a characteristic of the optical transmission device in the optical transmission device,

the optical power distribution estimation device further comprises:

an optical reception device characteristic compensator configured to compensate for a characteristic of the optical reception device with respect to the reception signal; and

a transmission signal restorer configured to restore a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device on a basis of a reception signal obtained by compensating for a characteristic of the optical transmission device and a characteristic of the optical reception device, and

the optical power distribution estimator estimates the optical power distribution by using the reception signal obtained by compensating for a characteristic of the optical transmission device and a characteristic of the optical reception device and a restored signal.

5 . The optical power distribution estimation device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the optical reception device characteristic compensator compensates for an inverse characteristic of the optical reception device estimated in advance by convolving the reception signal by a convolution operation.

6 . An optical power distribution estimation method comprising:

receiving a signal transmitted from an optical transmission device via an optical transmission line; and

estimating an optical power distribution on a basis of at least a signal obtained by compensating for or applying a characteristic of an optical reception device to a received reception signal or a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device restored on a basis of the reception signal.

7 . A non-transitory storage medium that stores a program for making a computer perform processes, the processes comprising:

receiving a signal transmitted from an optical transmission device via an optical transmission line; and

estimating an optical power distribution on a basis of at least a signal obtained by compensating for or applying a characteristic of an optical reception device to a received reception signal or a signal transmitted from the optical transmission device restored on a basis of the reception signal.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 3, 2025
From: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
To: NTT, INC.
Reel/Frame 072995/0532 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2025
From: SASAI, TAKEO; NAKAMURA, MASANORI; YAMAZAKI, ETSUSHI; NISHIZAWA, HIDEKI; SONE, YOSHIAKI; KISAKA, YOSHIAKI
To: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 070507/0340 →