Optical feedback control unit, optical communication system, feedback control method, and recording medium for recording program

• US 7,649,162 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2008
• Issued: 01/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Oguma, Takefumi, Asahi, Koji, Rikiyama, Hiroki
• Primary Examiner(s): Epps; Georgia Y
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ko; Tony
• Application Number:
  US12/044,650
• Publication Number:
  US 20080217511A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• Field of Search: 205/205, 205/201.1
• US Class Current: 250/205
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 10/0793 Network aspects, e.g. central monitoring of transmission parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 14/0221 Power control, e.g. to keep the total optical power constant

Abstract

The present invention is to provide an optical feedback control unit for determining an optical output by a feedback control, an optical communication system, a feedback control method, and a recording medium for recording a program. According to the present invention, even when used in the system to which a plurality of nodes are connected, the unstable system may become stable by the proper feedback control without being affected by the optical level change according to the polarized variation or the loss variation. In The optical feedback control unit according to the present invention, an optical output control portion determines an optical output by a feedback control using the result detected by a detection portion, a dead zone not performing the feedback control is set for the difference between the detected value from the detection portion and the control target value, and when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone, a width of the dead zone is set to be wider than that of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

Claims

1. An optical feedback control unit comprising a detection unit and an optical output control unit determining an optical output by a feedback control using a result detected from the detection unit,

wherein a dead zone not performing the feedback control is set for a difference between a detected value from the detection unit and a control target value, and

a width of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone, is set to be wider than that of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

2. The optical feedback control unit according to claim 1, wherein the width of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone, is set to be wider than a level variation width due to variable elements intended to be excluded from response objects by the feedback control.

3. The optical feedback control unit according to claim 1, wherein a feedback quantity by the optical output control unit is made constant when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

4. The optical feedback control unit according to claim 1, wherein a feedback quantity by the optical output control unit is controlled to be larger in response to the difference between the detected value and the control target value when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

5. The optical feedback control unit according to claim 1, wherein a new working quantity by the optical output control unit is feedback-controlled to be larger by a mean value of a predetermined number of times of feedback quantity when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone.

7. An optical communication system comprising a plurality of optical transmission apparatuses including the optical feedback control unit according to claim 1,

wherein, the plurality of optical transmission apparatuses are connected in a cascade through an optical transmission path between an optical sending apparatus and an optical receiving apparatus.

6. An optical feedback control unit comprising detection means and optical output control means determining an optical output by a feedback control using a result detected from the detection means,

wherein a dead zone not performing the feedback control is set for a difference between a detected value from the detection means and a control target value, and

a width of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone, is set to be wider than that of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

8. A feedback control method comprising:

a detecting step to detect an optical level output and an optical output control step to determine an optical output by a feedback control using a result detected from the detecting step,

wherein a dead zone not performing the feedback control is set for a difference between a detected value from the detecting step and a control target value, and

a width of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone, is set to be wider than that of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

9. The feedback control method according to claim 8,

wherein a feedback quantity by the optical output control step is made constant when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

10. The feedback control method according to claim 8, wherein a feedback quantity by the optical output control step is controlled to be larger in response to the difference between the detected value and the control target value when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

11. The feedback control method according to claim 8, wherein a new working quantity by the optical output control step is feedback-controlled to be larger by a mean value of a predetermined number of times of feedback quantity when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone.

12. A recording medium recording a feedback control program that executes a detection process to detect an optical level output and an optical output control process to determine an optical output by a feedback control using a result detected from the detection process in a computer,

wherein a dead zone not performing the feedback control is set for a difference between a detected value from the detection process and a control target value, and

a width of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone, is set to be wider than that of the dead zone when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

13. The recording medium recording a feedback control program according to claim 12, wherein a feedback quantity by the optical output control process is made constant when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

14. The recording medium recording a feedback control program according to claim 12, wherein a feedback quantity by the optical output control process is controlled to be larger in response to the difference between the detected value and the control target value when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is out of the dead zone.

15. The recording medium recording a feedback control program according to claim 12, wherein a new working quantity by the optical output control process is feedback-controlled to be larger by a mean value of a predetermined number of times of feedback quantity when the difference between the detected value and the control target value is within the dead zone.