Patents Examined by Hibret Woldekidan
  • Patent number: 11249262
    Abstract: A passive optical network includes a central office providing subscriber signals; a fiber distribution hub including an optical power splitter and a termination field; and a drop terminal. Distribution fibers have first ends coupled to output ports of a drop terminal and second ends coupled to the termination field. A remote unit of a DAS is retrofitted to the network by routing a second feeder cable from a base station to the hub and coupling one the distribution fibers to the second feeder cable. The remote unit is plugged into the corresponding drop terminal port, for example, with a cable arrangement having a sealed wave division multiplexer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: CommScope Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Erik J. Gronvall, Trevor D. Smith, Timothy G. Badar, Anthony L. Lefebvre
  • Patent number: 11251863
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a protection switching method and a node. The method can include: receiving, by an intermediate node, a first protection switching request message sent by an upstream neighboring node, where the first protection switching request message is used to request to activate a first protection path, and the intermediate node is a node on the first protection path; determining, by the intermediate node, that the first protection path needs to occupy N1 timeslots, and selecting N1 timeslots for the first protection path from N2 available timeslots in a preset order; and sending, by the intermediate node, a second protection switching request message to the downstream neighboring node, where the second protection switching request message is used to request the downstream neighboring node to complete a cross-connection, on the first protection path, between the downstream neighboring node and the intermediate node based on the first group of timeslots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haomian Zheng, Yu Zheng, Italo Busi, Qinfen Tan, Qingcong Lu
  • Patent number: 11233566
    Abstract: A method and system for managing interference between transmission sources in an Optical Camera Communication (OCC) network is disclosed. The method includes receiving interference information associated with a set of transmission sources. Each of the set of transmission sources include a set of light sources configured to display one of a plurality of colors. The method further includes assigning a unique guard band to each of the set of transmission sources. The method includes sharing details of the unique guard band assigned to a first transmission source within the set of transmission sources with the camera. The camera is configured as the receiver of the first transmission source. The method further includes instructing the camera to accept data transmitted by the first transmission source based on the assigned unique guard band and drop data transmitted by the remaining set of transmission sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Wipro Limited
    Inventors: Subhas Chandra Mondal, Shailesh Prabhu
  • Patent number: 11233371
    Abstract: A laser light generator is configured to generate one or more wavelengths of continuous wave laser light. The laser light generator is configured to collectively and simultaneously transmit each of the wavelengths of continuous wave laser light through an optical output of the laser light generator as a laser light supply. An optical fiber is connected to receive the laser light supply from the optical output of the laser light generator. An optical distribution network has an optical input connected to receive the laser light supply from the optical fiber. The optical distribution network is configured to transmit the laser light supply to each of one or more optical transceivers and/or optical sensors. The laser light generator is physically separate from each of the one or more optical transceivers and/or optical sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: Ayar Labs, Inc.
    Inventors: Milos Popovic, Rajeev Ram, Vladimir Stojanovic, Chen Sun, Mark Taylor Wade, Alexandra Carroll Wright
  • Patent number: 11223385
    Abstract: An optical apparatus includes an attenuator, a photoelectric convertor, an amplifier, and a processor. the attenuator attenuates signal light. The photoelectric convertor converts the signal light attenuated by the attenuator into an electric signal. The amplifier adjusts a gain of the electric signal. The processor detects a monitor value of a target channel from an output signal of the amplifier, calculates a power value of the target channel from the detected monitor value, calculates a difference value between the power value and a target power value, calculates a attenuation amount by adding a current attenuation amount, which is currently set to the attenuator, to the difference value, controls the gain of the amplifier so that the difference value of the target channel is minimized when the set attenuation amount is less than zero, and sets the attenuation amount to the attenuator when the attenuation amount is zero or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Shoichi Murakami, Taku Saito, Kosuke Komaki
  • Patent number: 11223419
    Abstract: An optical system comprising a first emitter and a receiver, said first emitter comprising an encoding unit configured to encode information using phase on a first optical information signal, said first information signal having a single first wavelength, said emitter being configured to output a reference signal, said reference signal having a reference wavelength which is different to the first wavelength, the emitter further comprising a multiplexer configured to multiplex the first information signal and the reference signal to produce a multiplexed first signal and output the multiplexed first signal to a communication channel said receiver comprising: a de-multiplexer configured to de-multiplex the multiplexed first signal received from the emitter to extract the first information signal and the reference signal; a decoder configured to decode the phase information in the first information signal; and a phase compensation unit configured to estimate the phase change of the first information signal c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Mirko Pittaluga, Zhiliang Yuan, Andrew James Shields
  • Patent number: 11206086
    Abstract: [Problem] To allow addition of new functions to an optical module at a low cost. [Solution] An optical transceiver 11a includes a CPU 21 configured to perform download control of a program for executing an additional function to be newly added to the optical transceiver 11a, a wireless transmitting and receiving device 22 configured to receive, in accordance with the download control, the program from a terminal device 13 that stores various programs, and a memory unit 23 configured to store the program that is received. The CPU 21 is configured to perform, by interrupting a monitoring and control signal from a transmission device 12, control to write data related to transmission and reception processing of a Tx 25a and a Rx 26a in accordance with execution of the programs stored in the memory unit 23 in a storage area at a specific address of an EEPROM 24.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Toshiya Matsuda, Toru Homemoto, Kana Masumoto, Masaru Katayama, Kazuyuki Matsumura
  • Patent number: 11190274
    Abstract: A processing system for a transmission apparatus, and an associated transmission apparatus and method, the processing system being configured to produce or generate a transmission signal representative of an original signal comprising data portions; the data being carried by or comprised in waveforms or streams in the transmission signal; the processing system being configured to generate the respective waveforms or streams by loading the data onto selected data symbols or subcarriers in the frequency domain to form the transmission signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: THE UNIVERSITY COURT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURG
    Inventors: Mohamed Sufyan Islim, Harald Haas
  • Patent number: 11177931
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to optical transport technologies, and more specifically, to a clock transmission method. Under this method, a first optical data unit (ODU) container can be obtained. Phase discrimination can be performed on an obtained first clock and a first ODU clock of a transmit end, to generate a first PD value. The first PD value can then be inserted into an overhead of the first ODU container. The first ODU container can be encapsulated into a second ODU container, and the second ODU container can be sent. A rate of the second ODU container is higher than a rate of the first ODU container. The first PD value is transmitted in the first ODU container which is not decapsulated in a subsequent transmission process. Therefore, final recovery of the first clock is not affected, so that a deviation between a finally recovered clock and the first clock is greatly reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinhui Wang, Xingjian Shi, Feng Wu
  • Patent number: 11168914
    Abstract: An operating system that can control any apparatus is provided. The operating system (1001) includes an input receiving device (1060), a first information processing device (1100), a second information processing device (1200), and an infrared output device (1070). The operating system (1001) operates a first-type apparatus (1010) operable by communication of an infrared pattern and a second-type apparatus (1020) operable via a network. The first information processing device (1100) is connected to the input receiving device (1060) and configured to analyze operation information corresponding to an input operation. The second information processing device (1200) is configured to control the second-type apparatus (1020) (controlled apparatus (B)) via the network based on a control instruction. The infrared output device (1070) is configured to output an infrared pattern corresponding to a control instruction to the first-type apparatus (1010) (controlled apparatus (A)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Ikeda, Kousuke Tsuboi, Takao Sonoda
  • Patent number: 11159236
    Abstract: A communication method includes obtaining, by a first device, first target information, determining, by the first device based on the first target information, a data transmit array element from light emitting diodes (LEDs) of the first device, where each data transmit array element of the first device includes at least one LED, and sending, by the first device, to-be-sent data to a data receive array element of a second device using the data transmit array element, where each data receive array element of the second device includes at least one LED of the second device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongjun Liu, Rongdao Yu
  • Patent number: 11146338
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for a decision directed multi-modulus searching algorithm are described. A receiver may receive an optical signal including a set of data symbols. The receiver may iteratively determine a set of centroids for demodulating the set of data symbols (e.g., as part of a training procedure). The centroids may be used to demodulate the set of data symbols according to a modulation constellation associated with the set of data symbols. The training procedure may include, for each data symbol of a subset of data symbols, assigning a centroid of the set of centroids to each data symbol and updating the set of centroids based on assigning the centroid to each data symbol. The receiver may demodulate the set of data symbols based on the updated set of centroids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.
    Inventors: Mu Xu, Zhensheng Jia
  • Patent number: 11128375
    Abstract: A millimeter-wave communication device includes a coupler, Radio-Frequency (RF) circuitry and a composite right/left-handed metamaterial assembly. The coupler is configured to connect to a waveguide, the waveguide being transmissive at millimeter-wave frequencies and having a given dispersion characteristic over a predefined band of the millimeter-wave frequencies. The RF circuitry is configured to transmit a millimeter-wave signal into the waveguide via the coupler, or to receive a millimeter-wave signal from the waveguide via the coupler, and to process the millimeter-wave signal. The composite right/left-handed metamaterial assembly is formed to apply to the millimeter-wave signal, or to an Intermediate-Frequency (IF) signal corresponding to the millimeter-wave signal, a dispersion compensation that compensates for at least part of the dispersion characteristic of the waveguide over the predefined band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
    Inventors: Sai-Wang Tam, Alden C. Wong, Su Chenxin, Rulin Huang, Randy Tsang
  • Patent number: 11115129
    Abstract: An optical receiver includes: a pre-amplifier to convert a current signal into a voltage signal; an LIA to amplify and limit an amplitude of the voltage signal; a transmission line connecting the pre-amplifier with the LIA; an AC coupling capacitor inserted in the middle of the transmission line or at an end of the transmission line; a termination circuit connected with the transmission line, for switching to a first resistance or a second resistance higher than the first resistance in response to a switching signal; and an AC load connected with the transmission line. The AC load is open in a low-frequency range of the voltage signal and having a resistance enabling impedance matching with the pre-amplifier and the transmission line in a high-frequency range of the voltage signal, wherein the termination circuit and the AC load are electrically connected in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daisuke Mita
  • Patent number: 11101887
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and testing methods for performing testing operations over multiple types of links and through multiple potential points of failure to segment sources of problems, which may relate to reported or actual instances of service disruption in a network communication environment. The apparatus may perform service layer testing directly via an optical link, in addition to via Ethernet service layer testing. The apparatus may further conduct tests on other layers as well, including the physical layer, the network layer, and the link layer. To facilitate efficient testing, the apparatus may integrate programmable workflow profiles that specify tests to be conducted, and may interface with a cloud platform for sharing results of the tests, providing end-to-end testing of various components and types of links (whether optical or electrical, including wired and wireless links). Results of the tests may provide guidance to resolve detected problems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Hans Joerg Wolf, Reynald Dupuis
  • Patent number: 11095372
    Abstract: An OLT (2) includes one or more optical receivers (22) configured to receive optical signals of respective different wavelengths obtained by an AWG filter (4) demultiplexing a wavelength-multiplexed signal addressed to the terminal itself, and a supervisory controller (23) configured to transmit, to an ONU (3), a wavelength adjustment instruction to transit a wavelength to be used by an optical transmitter (32) for transmission of an optical signal, to set a difference between an optical received power of an optical signal received by any of the optical receivers (22) and a reference value of the optical received power within a threshold, the ONU (3) being a transmission source of the optical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuaki Honda, Hirotaka Nakamura, Jun Terada
  • Patent number: 11088773
    Abstract: A method for orthogonal wavicle division multiple-access modulation-demodulation includes: generate an orthogonal quantum chaotic data wavicles matrix and a quantum chaotic sync wavicle according to a key including the required data bit-rate, the parallel symbols transmission scheme, the signal updating/sampling rate, the available energy spectrum range, and either the ID of the source user or other perturbation schemes agreed upon by the transmitter and receiver; generate and transmit a modulated quantum chaotic wavicle by orthogonal wavicle division multiplexing modulating a serial bits segment to an orthogonal quantum chaotic data wavicles matrix plus a quantum chaotic sync wavicle; and retrieve the serial bits segment by orthogonal wavicle division multiplexing demodulating the received signal synchronously with an orthogonal quantum chaotic data wavicles matrix plus a quantum chaotic sync wavicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Inventor: Yanhua Jiao
  • Patent number: 11089391
    Abstract: Process margin relaxation is provided in relation to a compensated-for process via a first optical device, fabricated to satisfy an operational specification when a compensated-for process is within a first tolerance range; a second optical device, fabricated to satisfy the operational specification when the compensated-for process is within second tolerance range, different than the first tolerance range; a first optical switch connected to an input and configured to output an optical signal received from the input to one of the first optical device and the second optical device; and a second optical switch configured to combine outputs from the first optical device and the second optical device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Ling, Ravi S. Tummidi, Yi Ho Lee, Mark A. Webster
  • Patent number: 11082144
    Abstract: An optical transmission system includes: a terminal station device that transmits a wavelength multiplexed optical signal resulting from multiplexing an optical signal and dummy light; and an optical add-drop multiplexer that receives respective wavelength multiplexed optical signals transmitted from a plurality of the terminal station devices and performs add-drop processing on the wavelength multiplexed optical signals. The dummy light has a wavelength arrangement in which adjacent wavelengths are arranged with equal spacing, and the wavelength arrangement of the dummy light differs between the terminal station devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshihisa Inada
  • Patent number: 11074808
    Abstract: A remote control apparatus is provided. The remote control apparatus includes a directional antenna, a communicator, and a processor configured to, based on a wireless signal being received from an external device through the directional antenna, identify an angle at which the wireless signal is received, based on the angle being within a predetermine range, obtain identification information of the external device by parsing the wireless signal, based on the identification information, identify whether the external device is registered to a server and based on identifying that the external device is not registered to the server, transmit a signal for requesting registration to the external device through the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jehwan Seo, Minsup Kim, Kihyun Song, Sukhoon Yoon, Jongkeun Lee