Optical transmission device and optical transmission system

• US 7,058,298 B2
• Filed: 03/08/2002
• Issued: 06/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Koyano, Hideaki, Takayasu, Akio, Takaiwa, Kazumaro, Kobayashi, Masato, Hiraizumi, Maki
• Primary Examiner(s): Payne, David C.
• Application Number:
  US10/094,075
• Publication Number:
  US 20020097462A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,551 Days
• Field of Search: 359/119, 359/127, 359/494, 359/495, 359/496, 359/497, 359/498, 359/499, 359/500, 359/337.1, 398 1-214
• US Class Current: 398/17
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/032 using working and protection systems H04J14/0287 takes precedence
• 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: H04J 14/0245 for downstream transmission, e.g. optical line terminal [OLT] to ONU
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0249 for upstream transmission, e.g. ONU-to-OLT or ONU-to-ONU
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0283 WDM ring architectures
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0295 Shared protection at the optical channel (1:1, n:m)
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 11/0062 Network aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0081 Fault tolerance; Redundancy; Recovery; Reconfigurability
• CPC Class Codes: H04Q 2011/0084 Quality of service aspects

Abstract

An optical transmission device in which optical signal switching is performed to allow the device to be reduced in size and also which is capable of efficient recovery from fault, thereby improving system expansibility and communication quality. Overhead terminating section converts an optical signal to an electric signal and performs an overhead process including extraction of fault information and setting of status information. Optical switch section performs a process of switching the optical signal between active and standby lines, and switching control section provides a switching command to the optical switch section in accordance with the fault information.

Claims

1. An optical transmission system for controlling transmission of an optical signal over a ring network, comprising:

a plurality of optical transmission devices each including overhead terminating means for converting the optical signal to an electrical signal and performing an overhead process including extraction of fault information and setting of status information, optical switch means for performing a process of switching the optical signal between active and standby lines, and switching control means for providing a switching command to the optical switch means in accordance with the fault information; and

an optical transmission medium connecting said optical transmission devices in ring form to constitute the ring network;

wherein said optical switch means performs a process of switching optical signal from a main-stream side and a tributary side, to carry out a switchover between the active and standby lines of at least one of the main-stream and tributary sides,

wherein said overhead terminating means includes an optical coupler for splitting the optical signal into two signals, such that one of the two optical signals is converted to the electric signal that is subjected to the overhead process and coupled to the switching control means, and the other of the two optical signals is output directly without conversion by said optical switch means, and

wherein, when a terminal office is connected to the tributary side of said optical switch means,

said overhead terminating means converts a serial electric signal output from the terminal office into an optical signal, and converts the wavelength of the optical signal,

said switching control means controls the line switching of the terminal office to transmit optical wavelength multiplex signals for the ring network.

2. An optical transmission device for controlling transmission of an optical signal, comprising:

overhead terminating means for converting the optical signal to an electric signal and performing an overhead process including extraction of fault information and setting of status information;

optical switch means for performing a process of switching the optical signal between active and standby lines; and

switching control means for providing a switching command to said optical switch means in accordance with the fault information;

wherein said optical switch means performs a process of switching optical signals from a main-stream side and a tributary side, to carry out a switchover between the active and standby lines of at least one of the main-stream and tributary sides,

wherein said overhead terminating means includes an optical coupler for splitting the optical signal into two signals, such that one of the two optical signals is convened to the electric signal that is subjected to the overhead process and coupled to the switching control means, and the other of the two optical signals is output directly without conversion by said optical switch means, and

wherein, when a terminal office is connected to the tributary side of said optical switch means,

said overhead terminating means converts a serial electric signal output from the terminal office into a optical signal, and converts the wavelength of the optical signal,

said switching control means controls the line switching of the terminal office to transmit optical wavelength multiplex signals for the ring network.

3. The optical transmission device according to claim 2, wherein said optical switch means has an M×

N matrix arrangement including M input lines and N output lines.

4. The optical transmission device according to claim 2, wherein, after performing the overhead process, said overhead terminating means converts the electric signal again to an optical signal and outputs the optical signal.

5. The optical transmission device according to claim 2, further comprising optical amplifier means for correcting attenuation in light level of the optical signal.