Optical transmission system and wavelength allocation method
US-2019372698-A1 · Dec 5, 2019 · US
Wavelength multiplexing communication system and wavelength multiplexing communication method
US11888581B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-11888581-B2 |
| Application number | US-202017908223-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2020 |
| Priority date | Mar 2, 2020 |
| Publication date | Jan 30, 2024 |
| Grant date | Jan 30, 2024 |
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A wavelength multiplexing communication system includes a master station apparatus and a plurality of slave station apparatuses. The master station apparatus includes a wavelength multiplexing communication unit that performs wavelength multiplexing communication with the plurality of slave station apparatuses by wavelengths the number of which is equal to or less than the number of the plurality of slave station apparatuses using an optical signal of a wavelength in a first wavelength group and an optical signal of a wavelength in a second wavelength group. The slave station apparatuses include an optical communication unit that performs communication of the main signal with the master station apparatus by an optical signal of a wavelength in the first wavelength group, which is different from a wavelength in the first wavelength group used by another slave station when the main signal communication is performed in the host slave station apparatus, and performs communication of a signal other than the main signal with the master station apparatus by an optical signal of a wavelength in the second wavelength group, which is a wavelength same as a wavelength used by another slave station apparatus when the main signal communication is not performed in the host slave station apparatus.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A wavelength multiplexing communication system comprising: a master station apparatus; and a plurality of slave station apparatuses, wherein the master station apparatus includes a wavelength multiplexing communication unit configured to perform wavelength multiplexing communication with the plurality of slave station apparatuses by using an optical signal, wherein a first subset of slave station apparatuses perform communication of a main signal communication with the master station apparatus using an optical signal during a first time period, such that the wavelength of the optical signal is different for each slave station apparatus in the first subset of slave station apparatuses, and number of slave station apparatus in the first subset of slave station apparatuses is less than number of slave station apparatuses in the plurality of slave station apparatuses; wherein a second subset of slave station apparatuses perform communication of a main signal communication with the master station apparatus using an optical signal during a second time period, such that the wavelength of the optical signal is different for each slave station apparatus in the second subset of slave station apparatuses, wavelengths assigned to the second subset of slave station apparatuses for main signal communication are same wavelengths assigned to the first subset of slave station apparatuses for main signal communication, and the slave station apparatuses in the first subset of slave station apparatuses differ from the slave station apparatuses in the second subset of slave station apparatuses; wherein each of the slave station apparatuses performs communication of a signal other than the main signal communication with the master station apparatus using an optical signal such that wavelength of the optical signal is same for each of the slave station apparatuses.
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Express channels arrangements · CPC title
Star-type networks {or tree-type networks} · CPC title
Groups of channels or wave bands arrangements · CPC title
Wavelength-division multiplex systems · CPC title
Wavelength allocation for communications one-to-all, e.g. broadcasting wavelengths · CPC title
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- A wavelength multiplexing communication system includes a master station apparatus and a plurality of slave station apparatuses. The master station apparatus includes a wavelength multiplexing communication unit that performs wavelength multiplexing communication with the plurality of slave station apparatuses by wavelengths the number of which is equal to or less than the number of the plurali…
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