Optical transmission system
US7065297B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 13, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jun 20, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 6, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04J14/0227
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In each node of an optical transmission system: an optical preamplifier has an ALC function for maintaining an optical output level constant and an AGC function for maintaining the gain constant; the operational mode of the optical preamplifier is changed from an ALC mode to an AGC mode after the gain is set in the ALC mode; an optical postamplifier has an AGC function; an optical switch unit performs an optical crossconnect operation; and a thru-light-shutoff control unit makes a switch setting so as to shut off pass-through light in the optical switch unit and stop transmission of an optical signal having an unstable level to a next stage when the optical preamplifier operates in the ALC mode, and clears the switch setting when the operational mode of the optical preamplifier is changed to the AGC mode.
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