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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2012
Applicants:
Jeroen Nijhof, Genoa, IT;
Gianmarco Bruno, Genoa, IT;
Anna Soso, Genoa, IT;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/2543 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/293 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/2543 (2013.01); H04B 10/0793 (2013.01); H04B 10/0795 (2013.01); H04B 10/293 (2013.01); H04B 10/2935 (2013.01); H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04J 14/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of optimizing optical signal quality in an optical communications link comprising a plurality of sections each comprising an optical amplification apparatus and an optical fiber span, the method comprising: for each section, determining a respective optimal optical channel power which minimizes a sum of an indication of a respective linear optical noise and an indication of a respective nonlinear optical noise; and generating and transmitting at least one control signal arranged to cause a target optical channel power of each section to be set to the respective optimal optical channel power.