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Measurement apparatus, network design apparatus, transmission system, and network management apparatus

US8879907B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 4, 2013
Grant dateNov 4, 2014
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Expiry dateApr 26, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/073
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A measurement apparatus includes: a transmitter disposed at a transmission-side node and configured to transmit two pulsed lights with different wavelengths at time intervals to a reception-side node; a transmission controller configured to control the transmitter so as to transmit the two pulsed lights repeatedly while changing the time interval; a receiving unit disposed at the reception-side node and configured to receive the two pulsed lights from the transmitter via one or more relay nodes; a detection unit configured to detect a change in a phase of at least one of the two pulsed lights received by the receiving unit; and a measurement unit configured to measure, based on the time interval and the change in a phase detected by the detection unit, a dispersion value of each transmission line between two nodes of nodes including the transmission-side node, the reception-side node, and the one or more relay nodes.

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