Optical distribution network, optical network system, splitter, and method for identifying port of splitter

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12413879-B2
Application number	US-202318324374-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 26, 2023
Priority date	Nov 27, 2020
Publication date	Sep 9, 2025
Grant date	Sep 9, 2025

Abstract

An optical distribution network, an optical network system, a splitter, and a method for identifying a port of the splitter are provided. The optical distribution network includes a splitter, a first optical filter, and a first power change assembly. The splitter includes at least two output ports, each output port corresponds to at least one first optical filter, different output ports correspond to different first optical filters, and center wavelengths of detection light that the different first optical filters allow to pass through or do not allow to pass through are different. Each output port of each splitter in an N th -level splitter corresponds to the first power change assembly, and the first power change assembly is configured to change a power of first service light based on received first detection light.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical distribution network, comprising:
N levels of splitters, wherein each level of the N levels of splitters comprises at least one splitter, each splitter of the at least one splitter of each level comprises at least two output ports;
M first optical filters, wherein each output port of the at least two output ports of each splitter corresponds to at least one first optical filter, different output ports correspond to different first optical filters, and center wavelengths of detection light that the different first optical filters allow to pass through or do not allow to pass through are different; and
K first power change assemblies, wherein N, M, and K are all positive integers, each output port of each splitter in an N th -level splitter further corresponds to a respective first power change assembly, each first power change assembly is configured to change a power of first service light from an optical line terminal based on received first detection light, and the N th -level splitter is one of the N levels of splitters that is configured to connect to an optical network terminal; and
wherein each first power change assembly being configured to change the power of first service light from the optical line terminal based on the received first detection light comprises each first power change assembly being configured to:
when both the first detection light and the first service light are transmitted to the respective gain assembly, amplify the first service light and output amplified first service light; and
when only the first service light is transmitted to the gain respective assembly, not generate any gain for the first service light and output the first service light.

2. The optical distribution network according to claim 1 , wherein N is an integer greater than 1;
a first optical filter corresponding to any output port of a J th -level splitter is different from a first optical filter corresponding to any output port of an H th -level splitter, wherein both J and K are positive integers; and
the J th -level splitter and the H th -level splitter are any two of the N levels of splitters.

3. The optical distribution network according to claim 1 , wherein N is an integer greater than 1;
an output port of each splitter in an L th -level splitter corresponds to a respective second power change assembly, and the L th -level splitter is a splitter other than the N th -level splitter in the N levels of splitters, wherein L is a positive integer; and
each second power change assembly is configured to change the power of the first service light from the optical line terminal based on received second detection light.

4. The optical distribution network according to claim 3 , wherein at least one first power change assembly is a first gain assembly, and at least one second power change assembly is a second gain assembly; or
at least one first power change assembly is a first attenuation assembly, and at least one second power change assembly is a second attenuation assembly.

5. The optical distribution network according to claim 3 , wherein at least one first power change assembly is a first gain assembly, and at least one second power change assembly is a second gain assembly.

6. The optical distribution network according to claim 3 , wherein at least one first power change assembly is a first attenuation assembly, and at least one second power change assembly is a second attenuation assembly.

7. The optical distribution network according claim 1 , wherein an i th output port, a first optical filter corresponding to the i th output port, and a first power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port or a second power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port are connected in any one of the following manners:
the i th output port, the first optical filter corresponding to the i th output port, and the first power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port or the second power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port are sequentially integrated together;
the first optical filter corresponding to the i th output port is integrated into the i th output port, and the first power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port or the second power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port is connected in series to the integrated first optical filter corresponding to the i th output port; or
the first optical filter corresponding to the i th output port is connected in series to the i th output port, and the first power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port or the second power change assembly corresponding to the i th output port is connected in series to the first optical filter corresponding to the i th output port; and
wherein the i th output port is any one of at least two output ports of any splitter in the N levels of splitters, and i is a positive integer.

8. The optical distribution network according to claim 1 , wherein each first power change assembly further corresponds to a respective second optical filter; and
each second optical filter is configured to reflect, back to the corresponding first power change assembly, the first detection light from the first power change assembly.

9. The optical distribution network according to claim 1 , wherein center wavelengths of detection light that the different first optical filters allow to pass through are different.

10. The optical distribution network according to claim 1 , wherein center wavelengths of detection light that the different first optical filters do not allow to pass through are different.

11. An optical network system, comprising:
an optical network terminal, configured to determine a first power of first service light from an optical distribution network and a second power of power-changed first service light, wherein the first power and the second power are used to determine an output port of a splitter of the optical distribution network connected to the optical network terminal; and
the optical distribution network, comprising:
N levels of splitters, wherein each level of the N levels of splitters comprises at least one splitter, each splitter of the at least one splitter of each level comprises at least two output ports;
M first optical filters, wherein each output port of the at least two output ports of each splitter corresponds to at least one first optical filter, different output ports correspond to different first optical filters, and center wavelengths of detection light that the different first optical filters allow to pass through or do not allow to pass through are different; and
K first power change assemblies, wherein N, M, and K are all positive integers, each output port of each splitter in an N th -level splitter further corresponds to a respective first power change assembly, each first power change assembly is configured to change a power of the first service light from an optical line terminal based on received first detection light, and the N th -level splitter is one of the N levels of splitters that is configured to connect to the optical network terminal.

12. The optical network system according to claim 11 , wherein the optical network system further comprises:
the optical line terminal, configured to:
receive the first power and the second power from the optical network terminal;
determine a power variation based on the first power and the second power;
determine, based on the power variation and a center wavelength of first detection light, a center wavelength of detection light that a corresponding first optical filter allows to pass thr

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Jiang Hengyun
• Jin Chao
• Wu Bo
• Deng Ning

Classifications

• H04J14/0212

  using optical switches or wavelength selective switches [WSS] · CPC title

• H04Q2011/0009

  using wavelength filters · CPC title

• H04B10/07955 Primary

  Monitoring or measuring power · CPC title

• H04B10/564

  Power control · CPC title

• H04B10/0773

  Network aspects, e.g. central monitoring of transmission parameters · CPC title