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Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024

Filed:

Mar. 17, 2020
Applicant:

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Atsuko Kawakita, Musashino, JP;

Yasutaka Kimura, Musashino, JP;

Kazutaka Hara, Musashino, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/275 (2013.01); H04B 10/032 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/032 (2013.01); H04B 10/275 (2013.01);
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide an optical communication system and an optical communication method capable of achieving a long transmission distance with a passive element and obtaining redundancy of a ring topology. The optical communication system according to the present invention is a PON system having a ring configuration, in which an unequal branch optical splitter having a left-right symmetrical configuration is disposed in a trunk fiber wired in a loop shape. An OLT and an ONU have a configuration in which two sets of Tx (transmitter) and Rx (receiver) are mounted. Two sets of Tx (transmitters) and Rx (receivers) in each of a plurality of ONUs are respectively connected to left and right symmetrical ports of one unequally branched light beam SP.


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Kawakita, Atsuko. (2024). Optical communication system and optical communication method (U.S. Patent No. 11956009). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/11956009

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