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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2020
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An optical communication system includes a first optical communication device; a plurality of second optical communication devices configured to perform communication with the first optical communication device; a chromatic dispersion compensation device connected to the first optical communication device; and an optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device, a path of the optical transmission line connected to the chromatic dispersion compensation device being split into a plurality of paths at a branch point, the resulting paths being respectively connected to the plurality of second optical communication devices, and the optical transmission line being configured to transmit optical signals through the paths, in which the chromatic dispersion compensation device includes a chromatic dispersion compensator configured to perform chromatic dispersion compensation corresponding to amounts of chromatic dispersion generated in optical signals propagated through respective paths between the first optical communication device and the plurality of second optical communication devices.