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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2020
Nec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Hino, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Tajima, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Takeshita, Tokyo, JP;
Shinsuke Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
If wavelength defragmentation is performed during the operation of an optical network, an instantaneous interruption of a network arises; consequently, data are lost; therefore, an optical network control method according to an exemplary aspect of the present invention includes monitoring a data volume of a client signal to be transmitted using a plurality of optical subcarriers; and performing synchronously, depending on a variation in the data volume, an optical subcarrier changing process of changing an active optical subcarrier, of the plurality of optical subcarriers, to be used for transmitting the client signal, and a remapping process of remapping the client signal onto an active optical subcarrier after having been changed.