OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATION METHOD

• US 20160315695A1
• Filed: 03/25/2016
• Published: 10/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Aoki, Yasuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 9,755,733 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/03 Arrangements for fault recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/038 using bypasses
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25752 Optical arrangements for wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/25755 Ring network topology
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0227 Operation, administration, maintenance or provisioning [OAMP] of WDM networks, e.g. media access, routing or wavelength allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0067 Provisions for optical access or distribution networks, e.g. Gigabit Ethernet Passive Optical Network (GE-PON), ATM-based Passive Optical Network (A-PON), PON-Ring
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0081 Fault tolerance; Redundancy; Recovery; Reconfigurability

Abstract

An optical communication system includes: a first network-side device and a second network-side device each coupled to a communication network; and a first terminal-side device and a second terminal-side device configured to communicate with the first network-side device and the second network-side device by being coupled to the first network-side device and the second network-side device via a first communication cable and a second communication cable, respectively, wherein the first network-side device is coupled to the first terminal-side device via the communication network, the second network-side device, and a third communication cable for coupling the second network-side device and the first terminal-side device so as to communicate between the first network-side device and the first terminal-side device.

Claims

1. An optical communication system comprising:

a first network-side device and a second network-side device each coupled to a communication network; and

a first terminal-side device and a second terminal-side device configured to communicate with the first network-side device and the second network-side device by being coupled to the first network-side device and the second network-side device via a first communication cable and a second communication cable, respectively,

wherein the first network-side device is coupled to the first terminal-side device via the communication network, the second network-side device, and a third communication cable for coupling the second network-side device and the first terminal-side device so as to communicate between the first network-side device and the first terminal-side device.

2. The optical communication system according to claim 1, further comprising:

a switch configured to switch a state between a first state in which the first network-side device is coupled to the second terminal-side device via a fourth communication cable for coupling the first network-side device and the second terminal-side device, and a second state in which the first network-side device is coupled to the first terminal-side device via the third communication cable coupling the communication network to the second network-side device.

3. The optical communication system according to claim 1,

wherein a wavelength division multiplexing system is performed in the communication network, and

wherein, among wavelengths available for the wavelength division multiplexing system in the communication network, a wavelength different from wavelengths used in that the first network-side device communicates with the first terminal-side device and the second network-side device communicates with the second terminal-side device is assigned to that the first network-side device communicated with the first terminal-side device via the communication network, the second network-side device, and the third communication cable.

4. The optical communication system according to claim 3, further comprising:

a plurality of network-side devices including the first network-side device and the second network-side device; and

a plurality of terminal-side devices including the first terminal-side device and second terminal-side device,

wherein the plurality of network-side devices include a plurality of Baseband Units (BBUs),

wherein the plurality of terminal-side devices include a plurality of Remote Radio Heads (RRHs),

wherein the plurality of RRHs are classified into a predetermined number of groups, and

wherein, among wavelengths available for the wavelength division multiplexing system in the communication network, a wavelength different from a wavelength used to communicate between a BBU and an RRH is assigned to a respective communication between an RRH selected from the RRHs classified for each of the groups and a BBU for each of the number of groups.

5. The optical communication system according to claim 4,

wherein the number of groups is determined in accordance with the number of wavelengths different from a wavelength used for the communication between a BBU and an RRH among wavelengths available for the wavelength division multiplexing system in the communication network.

6. The optical communication system according to claim 4,

wherein an RRH having a distance less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value from a position associated with the group is classified into the group for each of the number of groups.

7. The optical communication system according to claim 4,

wherein the RRH is selected from the RRHs classified for each of the groups based on each load of the RRH classified into the group for each of the number of groups.

8. An optical communication method applied to an optical communication system including a first network-side device and a second network-side device each coupled to a communication network, and a first terminal-side device and a second terminal-side device configured to communicate with the first network-side device and the second network-side device by being coupled to the first network-side device and the second network-side device via a first communication cable and a second communication cable, respectively, the optical communication method comprising:

coupling the first network-side device to the first terminal-side device via the communication network, the second network-side device, and a third communication cable for coupling the second network-side device and the first terminal-side device so as to communicate between the first network-side device and the first terminal-side device.

9. The optical communication method according to claim 8, further comprising:

switching a state between a first state in which the first network-side device is coupled to the second terminal-side device via a fourth communication cable for coupling the first network-side device and the second terminal-side device, and a second state in which the first network-side device is coupled to the first terminal-side device via the third communication cable coupling the communication network to the second network-side device.

10. The optical communication method according to claim 8,

wherein a wavelength division multiplexing system is performed in the communication network, and

wherein, among wavelengths available for the wavelength division multiplexing in the communication network, a wavelength different from wavelengths used in that the first network-side device communicates with the first terminal-side device and the second network-side device communicates with the second terminal-side device is assigned to that the first network-side device communicated with the first terminal-side device via the communication network, the second network-side device, and the third communication cable.

11. The optical communication method according to claim 10,

wherein the optical communication system includes a plurality of network-side devices including the first network-side device and the second network-side device and a plurality of terminal-side devices including the first terminal-side device and the second terminal-side device,

wherein the plurality of network-side devices include a plurality of Baseband Units (BBUs),

wherein the plurality of terminal-side devices include a plurality of Remote Radio Heads (RRHs), and

wherein the plurality of RRHs are classified into a predetermined number of groups,

the optical communication method further comprising:

assigning, among wavelengths available for the wavelength division multiplexing system in the communication network, a wavelength different from a wavelength used to communicate between an RRH selected from the RRHs classified for each of the groups and a BBU for each of the number of groups.

12. The optical communication method according to claim 11,

wherein the number of groups is determined in accordance with the number of wavelengths different from a wavelength used for the communication between a BBU and an RRH among wavelengths available for the wavelength division multiplexing system in the communication network.

13. The optical communication method according to claim 11,

wherein an RRH having a distance less than or equal to a predetermined threshold value from a position associated with the group is classified into the group for each of the number of groups.

14. The optical communication method according to claim 11,

wherein the RRH is selected from the RRHs classified for each of the groups based on each load of the RRH classified into the group for each of the number of groups.