Abstract: This application discloses a submarine cable fault determining method and apparatus for realizing detecting whether a fault occurs to a submarine cable, without depending on TTE. The submarine cable fault determining method includes: receiving, by a network management system, first detection information from a first device during a first preset time, and receiving second detection information from a second device during a second preset time, where the second detection information is used to indicate whether the second device receives a first heartbeat signal from the first device through a submarine cable, and the first detection information is used to indicate whether the first device receives a second heartbeat signal from the second device through the submarine cable; and determining, by the network management system based on the first detection information and the second detection information, whether a fault occurs to the submarine cable between the first device and the second device.

Abstract: A cable accessory device, including a one-way conducting element and a grounding electrode. One end of the one-way conducting element is connected to a conductor structure in a cable, and the other end is connected to the grounding electrode. By applying voltages with different polarities to the one-way conducting element, the one-way conducting element is enabled to have different on/off states. When the on/off state of the one-way conducting element is an on state, the conductor structure in the cable is connected to the grounding electrode via the one-way conducting element, so as to measure direct current resistance of the conductor structure. Moreover, when the on/off state of the one-way conducting element is an off state, the one-way conducting element breaks connection between the conductor structure and the grounding electrode, so as to measure insulation resistance of an insulation structure.

Abstract: Disclosed is a submarine network device, comprising a fiber set, a pump laser set, an erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) set, a primary fiber coupler (CPL) set and a secondary CPL set, wherein the primary CPL set comprises N primary CPLs, the secondary CPL set comprises N secondary CPLs, with N being an integer greater than or equal to 3. The fiber set is configured to connect the pump laser set, the primary CPL set, the secondary CPL set and the EDFA set. An input port of each primary CPL in the primary CPL set is at least connected with a pump laser. An output port of each secondary CPL in the secondary CPL set is at least connected with an EDFA. Output ports of each primary CPL in the primary CPL set are respectively connected with two different secondary CPLs that are spaced by a secondary CPL, and input ports of each secondary CPL in the secondary CPL set are respectively connected with two different primary CPLs that are spaced by a primary CPL.

Abstract: This application provides a submarine network device and a submarine cable system that may accurately detect a fault of a submarine optical repeater in time.

Abstract: An optical add-drop multiplexer and a branching unit are provided, where implementation of the optical add-drop multiplexer includes: an optical processing component, a first combining device, a second combining device, and a second scrambler, where the optical processing component includes an input end, a first output end, a second output end, and a third output end; the first output end of the optical processing component is connected to a first input end of the second combining device, and the second output end of the optical processing component is connected an input end of the second scrambler; an output end of the second scrambler is connected to a second input end of the second combining device; and the third output end of the optical processing component is connected to a first input end of the first combining device.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an optical repeater and an optical fiber communications system. An implementation solution of the optical repeater includes: a first input end of the optical repeater, a first output end of the optical repeater, a first erbium doped fiber, a first coupler, a second coupler, and a first pump light processing component, where the first input end of the optical repeater is connected to an input end of the first erbium doped fiber, an output end of the first erbium doped fiber is connected to an input end of the first coupler, a first output end of the first coupler is connected to a first input end of the second coupler, and an output end of the second coupler is connected to the first output end of the optical repeater.

Abstract: An optical add/drop multiplexer branching apparatus is provided in the embodiments of the present invention, where the optical add/drop multiplexer branching unit includes: a trunk input end, a branch input end, a trunk output end, a branch output end, an optical add/drop multiplexer, a first coupler, a first detection circuit, and a control circuit, where the optical add/drop multiplexer includes an optical switch. A detection circuit detects whether a fault occurs in a trunk, and in a case in which a fault occurs in the trunk, a working mode is switched from a first working mode to a second working mode, to implement automatic redundancy on the trunk and ensure normal communication on a branch.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer apparatus, and relate to the field of communications, so as to solve the problem of inconvenient line failure detection. The ROADM apparatus includes: a first ROADM, a second ROADM, one splitting coupler, four optical amplifiers, and four couplers. The embodiments of the present invention are used in a communications line architecture.

Abstract: A communications device is disclosed and includes: a first acquiring unit for acquiring first specific wavelength light and second specific wavelength light from a first optical path; a first receiving unit for converting the first specific wavelength light coming from the first acquiring unit into a first electrical signal; a first control unit for sending a first modulating signal to a first loopback unit according to the first electrical signal coming from the first receiving unit; and the first loopback unit for modulating the second specific wavelength light coming from the first acquiring unit according to the first modulating signal, and looping the modulated second specific wavelength light back to a second optical path, where a transmission direction of an optical signal in the second optical path is opposite to a transmission direction of an optical signal in the first optical path. The present invention further discloses a communications method.

Abstract: A method for detecting a submarine optical cable line includes: splitting a detection signal input to a first optical functional unit in an optical functional module of an optical cable line into a first detection signal and a second detection signal; directly coupling and looping back the first detection signal to an output end of a second optical functional unit in a direction opposite to the first optical functional unit to constitute a first loopback path, and outputting a first detection loopback signal; looping back the second detection signal passing through the first optical functional unit to the output end of the second optical functional unit to constitute a second loopback path, and outputting a second detection loopback signal; and detecting a status of the submarine optical cable line according to power of the first detection loopback signal and power of the second detection loopback signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical time-domain reflectometry signal detection method, including the following steps: modulating, under the control of a correlation code pattern sequence respectively, n detection optical signals transmitted by detection light sources of different wavelengths into n pulse optical signals, where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; combining the n pulse optical signals and outputting a detection optical signal to an optical fiber under test; receiving a backscattered optical signal from the optical fiber under test and dividing the backscattered optical signal into n optical signals according to wavelengths; and performing correlation processing on the n optical signals according to the correlation code pattern sequence and outputting a correlation optical time-domain reflectometry signal. The present invention further provides an optical time-domain reflectometry signal detection apparatus.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to optical communication technologies, and provide a method, an apparatus, and a unit for detecting a fault of a submarine device. The apparatus includes: a pair of optical couplers that are respectively set on two optical cables for transmitting optical signals in opposite direction and are configured to receive or send optical detection signals through the optical cables, where: the two optical couplers are connected through an optical fiber that transmits an optical detection signal, and a photosensitive component is set on the optical fiber and is configured to adjust an optical parameter of the optical detection signal by perceiving change of an ambient environment state parameter when a fault occurs. The embodiments of the present invention bring benefits of detecting whether a target submarine device is faulty, and locating a cause for the fault of the submarine device accurately.

Abstract: A method, an optical add-drop multiplexer branching unit, and a system for disaster recovery of an optical communication system are provided. The method for disaster recovery of an optical communication system using an optical add-drop multiplexer unit (OADM) includes: detecting a transmission link fault in an optical communication system; and when a transmission link fault is detected, switching the state of a link where the transmission link fault occurs from pass-through to loopback, so that an optical signal input from a non-faulty end of the link is looped back to the end for outputting. In this way, when a transmission link fault occurs in an optical communication system, the power level of a link where the transmission link fault occurs can be maintained by using the solutions in the embodiments of the present invention, thereby keeping transmission performance stable.

Abstract: A method for detecting a submarine optical cable line includes: splitting a detection signal input to a first optical functional unit in an optical functional module of an optical cable line into a first detection signal and a second detection signal; directly coupling and looping back the first detection signal to an output end of a second optical functional unit in a direction opposite to the first optical functional unit to constitute a first loopback path, and outputting a first detection loopback signal; looping back the second detection signal passing through the first optical functional unit to the output end of the second optical functional unit to constitute a second loopback path, and outputting a second detection loopback signal; and detecting a status of the submarine optical cable line according to power of the first detection loopback signal and power of the second detection loopback signal.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical time-domain reflectometry signal detection method, including the following steps: modulating, under the control of a correlation code pattern sequence respectively, n detection optical signals transmitted by detection light sources of different wavelengths into n pulse optical signals, where n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; combining the n pulse optical signals and outputting a detection optical signal to an optical fiber under test; receiving a backscattered optical signal from the optical fiber under test and dividing the backscattered optical signal into n optical signals according to wavelengths; and performing correlation processing on the n optical signals according to the correlation code pattern sequence and outputting a correlation optical time-domain reflectometry signal. The present invention further provides an optical time-domain reflectometry signal detection apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention relates to communications technologies, and discloses a method for monitoring the state of a fiber line, a repeater, and a submarine cable system. The repeater includes a first optical amplifier (OA), a second optical amplifier, a first gating unit, a second gating unit, a first coupler, a second coupler, a third coupler, and a fourth coupler. The first coupler, the fourth coupler, and the first gating unit form an in-to-in loopback path between the input end of the first OA and the input end of the second OA; and the second coupler, the third coupler, and the second gating unit form an out-to-out loopback path between the output end of the first OA and the output end of the second OA.

Abstract: A scheduling method, apparatus, and system for avoiding a dual-end monitoring conflict for a submarine cable optical line are provided, where the method includes: sending a wavelength occupation request message to a peer-end equipment via a selected submarine cable optical line to be monitored, and receiving a wavelength occupation response message returned by the peer-end equipment; parsing the wavelength occupation response message to determine whether a requested wavelength is occupied by the peer-end equipment; and if the requested wavelength is occupied by the peer-end equipment and the wavelength can be switched, monitoring the selected submarine cable optical line to be monitored by using another wavelength after switching; and if the requested wavelength is not occupied by the peer-end equipment, monitoring the selected submarine cable optical line to be monitored by using the requested wavelength.

Abstract: An optical add-drop multiplexer branching unit and its control method are provided according to the present disclosure. The optical add-drop multiplexer branching unit includes: four wavelength division multiplexers WDM1 to WDM4 and a first optical switch module, where WDM1 to WDM4 are configured to divide or combine wavelengths of signals; the first optical switch module is configured to control connection and disconnection of signals that leave and enter the four wavelength division multiplexers; the first optical switch module includes port 1 to port 4; the ports are connected with input ports or output ports of WDM1 to WDM4, respectively; states of internal connection between the ports include state 1 and state 2. The OADM BU in the foregoing solutions is characterized by simple structure, easy control, and high capability of disaster recovery.

Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to optical communication technologies, and provide a method, an apparatus, and a unit for detecting a fault of a submarine device. The apparatus includes: a pair of optical couplers that are respectively set on two optical cables for transmitting optical signals in opposite direction and are configured to receive or send optical detection signals through the optical cables, where: the two optical couplers are connected through an optical fiber that transmits an optical detection signal, and a photosensitive component is set on the optical fiber and is configured to adjust an optical parameter of the optical detection signal by perceiving change of an ambient environment state parameter when a fault occurs. The embodiments of the present invention bring benefits of detecting whether a target submarine device is faulty, and locating a cause for the fault of the submarine device accurately.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an Optical Add-Drop Multiplexer (OADM) Branching Unit (BU) and the corresponding optical transmission method and system.