Optical node apparatus and signal superposition method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025088281-A1
Application number	US-202118721627-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 20, 2021
Priority date	Dec 20, 2021
Publication date	Mar 13, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

An optical node device includes a modulation amplitude correction unit which generates correction information for correcting an amplitude of a modulated signal based on a control signal so that a superimposition ratio when superimposing the control signal for controlling a subscriber device on an optical signal becomes a desired superimposition ratio; a driver which converts the control signal input from the outside into a modulated signal, and adjusts the amplitude of the modulated signal, using the correction information generated by the modulation amplitude correction unit; and a superimposing unit which superimposes the modulated signal adjusted by the driver on the optical signal.

First claim

1 . An optical node device comprising:
a modulation amplitude corrector configured to generate correction information for correcting an amplitude of a modulated signal based on a control signal so that a superimposition ratio at which the control signal for controlling a subscriber device is superimposed on an optical signal becomes a desired superimposition ratio; a driver configured to convert the control signal input from the outside into a modulated signal, and adjusts the amplitude of the modulated signal, using the correction information generated by the modulation amplitude corrector; and a superimposing unit configured to superimpose the modulated signal adjusted by the driver on the optical signal.

2 . The optical node device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a monitor configured to monitor at least the intensity of the optical signal before or after the modulated signal is superimposed, wherein the modulation amplitude corrector generates the correction information on the basis of the intensity of the optical signal obtained by the monitor.

3 . The optical node device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a brancher configured to branch the input optical signal and outputs the optical signal to the monitor and the superimposing unit when the monitor monitors at least the intensity of the optical signal before superimposing the modulated signal.

4 . The optical node device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a brancher configured to branch the input optical signal and outputs the optical signal to the monitor and the outside, at a rear state, when the monitor monitors at least the intensity of the optical signal after superimposing the modulated signal.

5 . The optical node device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the modulation amplitude corrector generates the correction information including information such that the superimposition ratio specified by the input signal is obtained when a signal specifying the superimposition ratio is input from the outside.

6 . The optical node device according to claim 2 ,
wherein the monitor further monitors the amplitude of the optical signal, and the modulation amplitude corrector generates the correction information on the basis of the intensity of the optical signal obtained by the monitor and the amplitude of the optical signal.

7 . The optical node device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the superimposing unit is one of an LnNbO3 (LN) modulator, an electroabsorption (EA) modulator, a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA), and a variable optical attenuator (VOA).

8 . A signal superimposing method comprising:
generating correction information for correcting an amplitude of a modulated signal based on a control signal so that a superimposition ratio at which the control signal for controlling a subscriber device is superimposed on an optical signal becomes a desired superimposition ratio; converting the control signal input from the outside into a modulated signal, and adjusting the amplitude of the modulated signal, using the correction information; and superimposing the adjusted modulated signal on the optical signal.

Assignees

• Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

Inventors

• Kanai Takuya
• Hara Kazutaka
• Kaneko Shin

Classifications

• H04B10/54 Primary

  Intensity modulation · CPC title

• H04B10/50

  Transmitters · CPC title