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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2004
Shohei Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Shohei Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A repeater according to the present invention includes a plurality of excitation light sources with varying center wavelengths for use as an excitation light source to achieve Raman amplification; and comprises a flatness monitoring circuit which monitors the flatness of signal light on a transmission line; a monitor control circuit which controls externally said excitation light sources based on a remote supervisory control signal and which determines which of said excitation light sources to control as appropriate according to the flatness of signal light identified by said flatness monitoring circuit; and a bandwidth selective reflector or LD modules which, under the control of said monitor control circuit, outputs said flatness information to another repeater as a remote supervisory control signal with a specific wavelength, via said transmission line.