Device and method for transmitting multicarrier signals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016197679-A1
Application number	US-201514976830-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 21, 2015
Priority date	Jan 7, 2015
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A transmission device includes: a plurality of modulators that respectively generate multicarrier signals from given data; a distributor that distributes input data to the modulators; an optical circuit that multiplexes the multicarrier signals to generate a WDM optical signal; and a controller that obtains allocation information from a receiver of the WDM optical signal and generates a distribution instruction to control the distributor and a bit allocation instruction to control the modulators according to the allocation information. The allocation information is calculated based on transmission characteristics of each subcarrier of the respective multicarrier signals and the allocation information indicates a number of bits of data allocated to each of the subcarriers. The distributor distributes the input data to the modulators according to the distribution instruction. The modulators respectively allocate data distributed from the distributor to the subcarriers according to the bit allocation instruction to generate the multicarrier signals.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A transmission device comprising:
a plurality of modulators that respectively generate multicarrier signals from given data, each of the multicarrier signals including a plurality of subcarriers; a distributor that distributes input data to the plurality of modulators; an optical circuit that multiplexes the multicarrier signals generated by the plurality of modulators to generate a WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) optical signal; and a controller that obtains allocation information from a receiver that receives the WDM optical signal and generates a distribution instruction to control the distributor and a bit allocation instruction to control the plurality of modulators according to the allocation information, the allocation information being calculated based on transmission characteristics of each subcarrier of the respective multicarrier signals and the allocation information indicating a number of bits of data allocated to each of the subcarriers, wherein the distributor distributes the input data to the plurality of modulators according to the distribution instruction, and the plurality of modulators respectively allocate data distributed from the distributor to the subcarriers according to the bit allocation instruction to generate the multicarrier signals.

2 . The transmission device according to claim 1 , further comprising
an encoder that gives an error correction code to the input data distributed to the plurality of modulators by the distributor, wherein the encoder determines the error correction code added to the input data that is distributed to each of the plurality of modulators according to quality of the respective multicarrier signals that are detected by the receiver that receives the WDM optical signal.

3 . The transmission device according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller controls optical wavelengths of the multicarrier signals according to the allocation information.

4 . A transmission device that receives a WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) optical signal into which multicarrier signals are multiplexed, each of the multicarrier signals including a plurality of subcarriers, the transmission device comprising:
a plurality of demodulators that respectively demodulate the multicarrier signals multiplexed into the WDM optical signal; and a bit allocation calculator that generates allocation information based on transmission characteristics of each subcarrier of the respective multicarrier signals and provides the allocation information to a transmitter that transmits the WDM optical signal, the allocation information indicating a number of bits of data allocated to each of the subcarriers.

5 . The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein
the bit allocation calculator performs:
calculating a total requested number of bits according to a total capacity of data transmitted by the multicarrier signals and symbol rates of the multicarrier signals, the total requested number of bits indicating a number of bits transmitted by the WDM optical signal in one symbol time; and
calculating the number of bits of data allocated to each of the subcarriers in such a way that the sum of the number of bits allocated to each of the subcarriers of the respective multicarrier signals coincides or approximately coincides with the total requested number of bits.

6 . The transmission device according to claim 4 , wherein
the bit allocation calculator generates the allocation information indicating the number of bits of the data allocated to each of the subcarriers of the respective multicarrier signals received from the same source node.

7 . A transmission method for transmitting data from a first transmission device to a second transmission device, the transmission method comprising:
generating multicarrier signals from input data by using a plurality of modulators in the first transmission device, each of the multicarrier signals including a plurality of subcarriers; transmitting a WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) optical signal from the first transmission device to the second transmission device, the WDM optical signal being generated by multiplexing the multicarrier signals; demodulating each of the multicarrier signals multiplexed into the WDM optical signal in the second transmission device; generating allocation information according to transmission characteristics of each subcarrier of the respective multicarrier signals, the allocation information indicating a number of bits of data allocated to each of the subcarriers of the respective multicarrier signals; distributing the input data to the plurality of modulators according to the allocation information; and allocating, by the plurality of modulators, the distributed input data to the subcarriers according to the allocation information so as to generate the multicarrier signals.

8 . The transmission method according to claim 7 further comprising:
determining an error correction code for the input data that is distributed to each of the plurality of modulators according to quality of the respective multicarrier signals; and
adding the determined error correction code to corresponding input data.

9 . The transmission method according to claim 7 further comprising:
controlling optical wavelengths of the multicarrier signals according to the allocation information.

Assignees

• Fujitsu Ltd

Inventors

• Tanaka Toshiki
• Nishihara Masato
• Takahara Tomoo

Classifications

• H04L27/2627

  Modulators · CPC title

• H04B10/572 Primary

  Wavelength control · CPC title

• H04J14/02

  Wavelength-division multiplex systems · CPC title

• H04J14/0307

  Multiplexers; Demultiplexers · CPC title

• H04J14/0298 Primary

  with sub-carrier multiplexing [SCM] · CPC title