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Transmission device and transmission system

US11711160B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 8, 2021
Grant dateJul 25, 2023
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Expiry dateDec 8, 2041

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/02216
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A transmission device including: a signal power detection circuit that detects signal power of a wavelength-division-multiplexed optical signal to be transmitted to a transmission line into which pumping light is inputted from a Raman amplifier; a variable optical attenuator that attenuates the wavelength-division-multiplexed optical signal; and a control circuit that reduces an attenuation amount of the variable optical attenuator depending on an increase in the signal power.

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