Station-Side Apparatus in Optical Transmission System, Optical Transmission System, and Optical Transmission Method

• US 20170272167A1
• Filed: 08/19/2015
• Published: 09/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
• Inventors: KAWAI, Kenji, ARIKAWA, Yuki, KAWAMURA, Tomoaki, TANAKA, Nobuyuki, SHIGEMATSU, Satoshi, MIURA, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 9,954,617 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/27 Arrangements for networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/40 Transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2861 Point-to-multipoint connection from the data network to the subscribers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2885 Arrangements interfacing with optical systems optical network equipment H04B10/00; optical multiplexers H04J14/05 and H04J14/07
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/44 Star or tree networks
• 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 2011/0064 Arbitration, scheduling or medium access control aspects

Abstract

An OLT (1) is formed by N optical transceivers (11), one PON control circuit (12), and one selection and distribution circuit (13). An optical transceiver selection control signal (SC) is transferred from the PON control circuit (12) to the selection and distribution circuit (13). The optical transceiver selection control signal (SC) indicates the timing of a discovery window, the timing of a grant, and a logical link identification number of a registered ONU assigned to the grant (a logical link identification number for a logical link with the registered ONU). The selection and distribution circuit (13) selects one optical transceiver (11-s (s is an integer falling within a range of 0 to N−1)) from the optical transceivers (11-0 to 11-N₋₁) based on the optical transceiver selection control signal (SC) from the PON control circuit (12).

Claims

1. A station-side apparatus in an optical transmission system, for transferring frames between a host apparatus and a plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses connected via first to Nth (N≧

2) optical splitters, comprising;

first to Nth optical transceivers that are connected to the first to Nth optical splitters in one-to-one correspondence, and each perform electro-optical conversion of a downstream electrical signal into an optical signal to be output to the subscriber-side apparatuses and photoelectric conversion of an optical signal from one of the subscriber-side apparatuses into an upstream electrical signal;

a selection and distribution circuit that selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers and outputs an upstream electrical signal input from the selected one of the optical transceivers while distributing and outputting the downstream electrical signal to the first to Nth optical transceivers; and

a control circuit that controls the plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses not to transmit upstream frames at the same time while controlling the selection and distribution circuit,

the selection and distribution circuit including

a selection control unit that selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers based on a timing of a discovery window for waiting for reception of a registration request frame from an unregistered subscriber-side apparatus, a timing of a grant as a reception period of an upstream frame from a registered subscriber-side apparatus, and a logical link identification number for a logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant, all of which are transmitted from the control circuit.

2. A station-side apparatus in an optical transmission system according to claim 1, wherein

the selection control unit includes

an optical transceiver selection table that represents a correspondence between an optical transceiver identification number and a logical link identification number for a logical link with a registered subscriber-side apparatus, and

a selection unit that acquires, from the optical transceiver selection table, an optical transceiver identification number corresponding to the logical link identification number for the logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant during a period of the grant, and selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers based on the acquired optical transceiver identification number.

3. A station-side apparatus in an optical transmission system according to claim 2, wherein

the selection control unit further includes

a registration unit that acquires a logical link identification number for a logical link with a subscriber-side apparatus newly registered during a period of the discovery window, and registers, in the optical transceiver selection table, a correspondence between the acquired logical link identification number and an optical transceiver identification number selected during the period of the discovery window.

4. A station-side apparatus in an optical transmission system according to claim 2, wherein

the selection control unit further includes

a registration unit that acquires the logical link identification number for the logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant during the period of the grant, determines whether the logical link identification number has already been registered in the optical transceiver selection table, and registers, if it is determined that the logical link identification number has not been registered, the logical link identification number for the logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant and an optical transceiver identification number selected during a period of an immediately preceding discovery window in association with each other in the optical transceiver selection table.

5. A station-side apparatus in an optical transmission system according to claim 1, wherein

the control circuit includes

a control signal output unit that outputs, to the selection and distribution circuit, an optical transceiver selection control signal indicating the timing of the discovery window for waiting for reception of the registration request frame from the unregistered subscriber-side apparatus, the timing of the grant as the reception period of the upstream frame from the registered subscriber-side apparatus, and the logical link identification number for the logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant, and

the selection control unit includes

an optical transceiver selection table that stores, in association with the logical link identification number for the logical link with the subscriber-side apparatus, an optical transceiver identification number selected during a period of the discovery window when the registration request frame used as a trigger to establish the logical link with the subscriber-side apparatus is received, and

a selection unit that selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers during the period of the discovery window indicated by the optical transceiver selection control signal, acquires, during a period of the grant indicated by the optical transceiver selection control signal, the optical transceiver identification number stored in the optical transceiver selection table in association with the logical link identification number indicated by the optical transceiver selection control signal, and selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers based on the acquired optical transceiver identification number.

6. An optical transmission system comprising first to Nth (N≧

2) optical splitters, a plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses connected to the first to Nth optical splitters, and a station-side apparatus that transfers frames between a host apparatus and the plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses connected to the first to Nth optical splitters,

the station-side apparatus comprising

first to Nth optical transceivers that are connected to the first to Nth optical splitters in one-to-one correspondence, and each perform electro-optical conversion of a downstream electrical signal into an optical signal to be output to the subscriber-side apparatuses and photoelectric conversion of an optical signal from one of the subscriber-side apparatuses into an upstream electrical signal,

a selection and distribution circuit that selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers and outputs an upstream electrical signal input from the selected one of the optical transceivers while distributing and outputting a downstream electrical signal to the first to Nth optical transceivers, and

a control circuit that controls the plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses not to transmit upstream frames at the same time while controlling the selection and distribution circuit, and

the selection and distribution circuit including

a selection control unit that selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers based on a timing of a discovery window for waiting for reception of a registration request frame from an unregistered subscriber-side apparatus, a timing of a grant as a reception period of an upstream frame from a registered subscriber-side apparatus, and a logical link identification number for a logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant, all of which are transmitted from the control circuit.

7. An optical transmission method of transferring frames between a host apparatus and a plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses connected to first to Nth (N≧

2) optical splitters in a station-side apparatus by providing the first to Nth optical splitters, the plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses connected to the first to Nth optical splitters, and the station-side apparatus provided between the host apparatus and the first to Nth optical splitters, the method comprising;

providing, to the station-side apparatus,

first to Nth optical transceivers that are connected to the first to Nth optical splitters in one-to-one correspondence, and each perform electro-optical conversion of a downstream electrical signal into an optical signal to be output to the subscriber-side apparatuses and photoelectric conversion of an optical signal from one of the subscriber-side apparatuses into an upstream electrical signal,

a selection and distribution circuit that selects one of the first to Nth optical transceivers and outputs an upstream electrical signal input from the selected one of the optical transceivers while distributing and outputting a downstream electrical signal to the first to Nth optical transceivers, and

a control circuit that controls the plurality of subscriber-side apparatuses not to transmit upstream frames at the same time while controlling the selection and distribution circuit; and

selecting, by the selection and distribution circuit, one of the first to Nth optical transceivers based on a timing of a discovery window for waiting for reception of a registration request frame from an unregistered subscriber-side apparatus, a timing of a grant as a reception period of an upstream frame from a registered subscriber-side apparatus, and a logical link identification number for a logical link with the registered subscriber-side apparatus assigned to the grant, all of which are transmitted from the control circuit.