APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MULTI-WAVELENGTH RESOURCE OF SEPARATE-TYPE BASE STATION OPTICAL LINK

• US 20150349891A1
• Filed: 05/22/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: JUNG, Eui Suk, LEE, Eun Gu, LEE, Sang Soo
• Application Number:
  US14/720,210
• Publication Number:
  US 20150349891A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25754 Star network topology

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a digital unit including: one or more remote apparatus communicators configured to correspond to each of one or more remote apparatuses to process transmitted and received data; a multi-wavelength controller configured to convert data transmitted from each of the one or more remote apparatuses into a wavelength allocated thereto and to transmit the converted data to remote apparatuses via an optical fiber; and a base station controller configured to allocate transmission and reception wavelength to each of the one or more remote apparatus communicators to control the multi-wavelength controller and to transmit wavelength information associated with the wavelength allocation to each of the one or more remote apparatuses.

Claims

1. A digital unit comprising:

one or more remote apparatus communicators configured to correspond to each of one or more remote apparatuses to process transmitted and received data;

a multi-wavelength controller configured to convert data transmitted from each of the one or more remote apparatuses into a wavelength allocated thereto and to transmit the converted data to remote apparatuses via an optical fiber; and

a base station controller configured to allocate transmission and reception wavelength to each of the one or more remote apparatus communicators to control the multi-wavelength controller and to transmit wavelength information associated with the wavelength allocation to each of the one or more remote apparatuses.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multi-wavelength controller comprises:

a data switch configured to switch one of the one or more remote apparatus communicators;

one or more wavelength-fixed optical input and output component configured to transmit and receive data to/from the remote apparatuses through a fixed wavelength, the data being transmitted from a remote apparatus communicator that has been switched on by the data switch; and

a multi-wavelength multiplexer configured to multiplex or demultiplex an operation wavelength that is processed by the one or more wavelength fixed optical input and output component.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the multi-wavelength controller comprises:

one or more wavelength-tunable optical input and output component configured to correspond to the one or more remote apparatus communicators and to convert data transmitted from the one or more remote apparatus communicator into an optical wavelength selected by the base station controller to transmit the converted data and

a multi-wavelength multiplexer configured to multiplex or demultiplex an operation wavelength that is processed by the one or more wavelength fixed optical input and output component.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein when determining a wavelength operation policy of an operator, the base station controller determines ranges and values of parameters, and parameters to be combined according to the operation policy.

5. The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the parameters comprise at least one or more of the following:

the number of connected wireless terminals;

average traffic of connected terminals;

real-time traffic;

operation statistics of each event on a daily, monthly, weekday, or weekend basis, on a daytime or night time basis, on a seasonal basis, on a yearly basis, on a holiday basis; and

used wavelengths and idle wavelengths resources.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base station controller transmits control signals of allocating, collecting, and reallocating wavelengths, or halting the function of remote apparatuses to remote apparatuses by using an in-band method of including values in operation packets or fields, or by using an out-of-band method of separately managing wavelengths for operations.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the base station controller monitors a threshold of a reference parameter according to the operation policy, wherein in response to the monitored threshold being greater than a threshold used to determine whether to additionally allocate a wavelength, the base station controller determines whether there is an idle wavelength for optical transmission and reception, and in response to a determination that there is an idle wavelength for optical transmission and reception, the base station controller transmits information for controlling wavelength allocation.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein in response to a determination that there is no idle wavelength for optical transmission and reception, the base station controller determines a wavelength capable of being collected from each remote apparatus.

9. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein in response to the monitored threshold not being greater than the threshold used to determine whether to additionally allocate a wavelength, the base station controller determines whether the monitored threshold is identical to a threshold for wavelength collection, and in response to a determination that the monitored threshold is identical to the threshold for wavelength collection, the base station controller collects a wavelength and transmits control information for halting related block transmission.

10. A remote apparatus comprising:

a wavelength control information processor configured to receive wavelength length allocation information from a digital unit,

a remote base station communicator configured to process data to be transmitted to and received from the digital unit;

a remote apparatus wavelength optical input and output component configured to determine a wavelength to be used for transmission and reception with the digital unit; and

a remote apparatus controller configured to control the remote base station communicator or the remote apparatus wavelength optical input and output component according to the received wavelength allocation information.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein after completing the control according to the wavelength allocation information, the remote apparatus controller transmits a confirmation message to the digital unit.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the remote apparatus controller receives, from the remote apparatus wavelength-tunable optical input and output component, the wavelength control information transmitted from the digital unit by an in-band method.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein after completing the control according to the wavelength allocation information, the remote apparatus controller transmits a confirmation message to the digital unit by an in-band method.

14. A method of managing multi-wavelength resources of a separate-type base station optical link, the method performed by a digital unit and comprising:

monitoring a threshold of a reference parameter according to an operation policy;

in response to the monitored threshold being greater than a threshold used to determine whether to additionally allocate a wavelength, determining whether there is an idle wavelength for optical transmission and reception; and

in response to a determination that there is an idle wavelength for optical transmission and reception, transmitting information for controlling wavelength allocation to a remote apparatus.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein in response to a determination that there is no idle wavelength for optical transmission and reception, determining a wavelength capable of being collected from each remote apparatus.

16. The method of claim 14, comprising:

in response to the monitored threshold not being greater than the threshold used to determine whether to additionally allocate a wavelength, the base station controller, determining whether the monitored threshold is identical to a threshold for wavelength collection; and

in response to a determination that the monitored threshold is identical to the threshold for wavelength collection, collecting a wavelength and transmitting control information for halting related block transmission.