Monitor device and monitor method for monitoring transmission line

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10419117-B2
Application number	US-201815896152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2018
Priority date	Feb 16, 2017
Publication date	Sep 17, 2019
Grant date	Sep 17, 2019

Abstract

There is provided a monitor device for monitoring a transmission line including a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory and configured to compensate for a portion of chromatic dispersion on electric signals indicating an electric field component of an optical signal, compensate for deterioration due to a nonlinear optical effect on the electric signals on which the portion of chromatic dispersion is compensated, compensate for a remaining chromatic dispersion except for the portion of chromatic dispersion on the electric signals on which the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect is compensated, evaluate quality of the electric signals on which remaining chromatic dispersion except for the portion of chromatic dispersion are compensated, and acquire a first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion and a second compensation amount of the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect, when the evaluated quality satisfies a predetermined condition.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A monitor device for monitoring a transmission line, the monitor device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and the processor configured to:
compensate for a portion of chromatic dispersion on a plurality of electric signals indicating an electric field component of an optical signal received by a digital coherent reception from the transmission line;
compensate for deterioration due to a nonlinear optical effect on the plurality of electric signals on which the portion of chromatic dispersion is compensated;
compensate for a remaining chromatic dispersion except for a first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion among a total chromatic dispersion amount of the transmission line on the plurality of electric signals on which the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect is compensated;
evaluate quality of the plurality of electric signals on which the remaining chromatic dispersion are compensated;
acquire the first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion and a second compensation amount of the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect, when the evaluated quality satisfies a predetermined condition; and
convert the first compensation amount and the second compensation amount into a position on the transmission line and a power of the optical signal at the position, respectively, based on a look-up table in which a correspondence relationship between input values and output values is registered.

2. The monitor device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
change the first compensation amount by a predetermined amount, and
adjust the second compensation amount for the changed first compensation amount so that the evaluated quality satisfies the predetermined condition.

3. The monitor device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of electric signals are held in the memory, and
wherein the processor is further configured to: read an electric signal held in the memory and compensate for the portion of chromatic dispersion on the electric signal.

4. A monitor method for monitoring a transmission line, the monitor method comprising:
compensating for a portion of chromatic dispersion on a plurality of electric signals indicating an electric field component of an optical signal received by a digital coherent reception from the transmission line;
compensating for deterioration due to a nonlinear optical effect on the plurality of electric signals on which the portion of chromatic dispersion is compensated;
compensating for a remaining chromatic dispersion except for a first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion among a total chromatic dispersion amount of the transmission line on the plurality of electric signals on which the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect is compensated;
evaluating quality of the plurality of electric signals on which the remaining chromatic dispersion are compensated;
acquiring the first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion and a second compensation amount of the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect, when the evaluated quality satisfies a predetermined condition, by a processor; and
converting the first compensation amount and the second compensation amount into a position on the transmission line and a power of the optical signal at the position, respectively, based on a look-up table in which a correspondence relationship between input values and output values is registered.

5. The monitor method according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
change the first compensation amount by a predetermined amount, and
adjust the second compensation amount for the changed first compensation amount so that the evaluated quality satisfies the predetermined condition.

6. The monitor method according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of electric signals are held in a memory, and
wherein the processor is further configured to read an electric signal held in the memory and compensate for the portion of chromatic dispersion on the electric signal.

7. A monitor device for monitoring a transmission line, the monitor device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled to the memory and wherein the processor is further configured to:
compensate for a portion of chromatic dispersion on a plurality of electric signals indicating an electric field component of an optical signal received by a digital coherent reception from the transmission line;
compensate for deterioration due to a nonlinear optical effect on the plurality of electric signals on which the portion of chromatic dispersion is compensated;
compensate for a remaining chromatic dispersion except for a first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion among a total chromatic dispersion amount of the transmission line on the plurality of electric signals on which the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect is compensated;
evaluate quality of the plurality of electric signals on which the remaining chromatic dispersion are compensated;
acquire the first compensation amount of the portion of chromatic dispersion and a second compensation amount of the deterioration due to the nonlinear optical effect, when the evaluated quality satisfies a predetermined condition;
input test data to a deep neural network by expressed an equation

y
=

f
⁡

(

∑

k
=
1

n

⁢

w
k

⁢

x
k

+

w
0

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,

where x is input data, y is output data, and f is one of a sigmoid function, a ReLU function, or a Maxout function;
calculate an error between a data outputted from the deep neural network and an expected data;
adjust weighting coefficients and a constant of the deep neural network by an error propagation method such that the error becomes smaller than a predetermined value; and
convert the first compensation amount and the second compensation amount into a position on the transmission line and a power of the optical signal, respectively, based on the adjusted weighting coefficients and the adjusted constant of the deep neural network.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Tanimura Takahito
• Hoshida Takeshi

Classifications

• H04B10/6161 Primary

  Compensation of chromatic dispersion · CPC title

• H04B10/07951

  Monitoring or measuring chromatic dispersion or PMD · CPC title

• H04B10/6163

  Compensation of non-linear effects in the fiber optic link, e.g. self-phase modulation [SPM], cross-phase modulation [XPM], four wave mixing [FWM] · CPC title

• H04B10/0795

  Performance monitoring; Measurement of transmission parameters · CPC title

• H04B10/2513 Primary

  due to chromatic dispersion · CPC title