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Optical transmission device

US7970286B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 19, 2009
Grant dateJun 28, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J14/0205
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a wavelength-division multiplexing communications system including a plurality of optical transmission devices having an optical amplifier, downstream optical transmission devices transmit gain wavelength characteristic information of an optical amplifier in each of the downstream optical transmission devices to an upstream optical transmission device. The upstream optical transmission device controls gain wavelength characteristics on the basis of the received gain wavelength characteristic information.

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