Patents by Inventor Shoukei Kobayashi
Shoukei Kobayashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11108208Abstract: An optical amplification system includes: three or more nodes; a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes; an amplification light input unit configured to input amplification light to a core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber; an amplification unit configured to amplify communication light transmitted through at least one core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber using the amplification light, the amplification unit being provided in the nodes or between the nodes; and an amplification light coupling unit configured to couple the amplification light input by the amplification light input unit to the amplification unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Oda, Tetsuro Inui, Akira Hirano, Wataru Imajuku, Shoukei Kobayashi, Takafumi Tanaka, Yutaka Miyamoto, Hidehiko Takara
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Patent number: 10686520Abstract: A transmission quality estimation system includes, three or more nodes and a transmission quality estimation device configured to estimate, transmission quality. A multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes. A node of the nodes includes a core connection unit configured to drop, add or relay light transmitted from, to or to each of to the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber. The transmission quality estimation device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate transmission quality between the nodes on the basis of a transmission quality measurement light dropped by the core connection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Oda, Tetsuro Inui, Akira Hirano, Wataru Imajuku, Shoukei Kobayashi, Takafumi Tanaka, Yutaka Miyamoto, Hidehiko Takara
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Patent number: 10637568Abstract: A transmission quality estimation system includes, three or more nodes and a transmission quality estimation device configured to estimate, transmission quality. A multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes. A node of the nodes includes a core connection unit configured to drop, add or relay light transmitted from, to or to each of to the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber. The transmission quality estimation device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate transmission quality between the nodes on the basis of a transmission quality measurement light dropped by the core connection unit.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Oda, Tetsuro Inui, Akira Hirano, Wataru Imajuku, Shoukei Kobayashi, Takafumi Tanaka, Yutaka Miyamoto, Hidehiko Takara
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Patent number: 10615868Abstract: A communication system which includes: three or more nodes; a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes; a detection signal output unit configured to output a fault detection signal transmitted by the core provided in the multi-core fiber configured to connect together the nodes; and a fault detection unit configured to determine whether a fault has occurred between the nodes on the basis of a detection result of the fault detection signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Oda, Tetsuro Inui, Akira Hirano, Wataru Imajuku, Shoukei Kobayashi, Takafumi Tanaka, Yutaka Miyamoto, Hidehiko Takara
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Patent number: 10527781Abstract: A communication system includes three or more nodes and a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes is provided. One node of the nodes is connected to the multi-core fiber and includes a connector configured to add and drop a signal to and from an allocated core exclusively allocated from among the cores as a communication path between the one node and another node of the nodes and/or configured to relay a signal transmitted through another core of the cores allocated for communication between other nodes in the multi-core fiber connected to the one node, and a relative positional relationship between a connection position of the allocated core in which a signal is added or dropped in the connector and a connection position of another core in which a signal is relayed in the connector is the same for all of the nodes connected to the multi-core fiber.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Oda, Tetsuro Inui, Akira Hirano, Wataru Imajuku, Shoukei Kobayashi, Takafumi Tanaka, Yutaka Miyamoto, Hidehiko Takara
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Patent number: 10511381Abstract: A communication system includes three or more nodes, and a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes, wherein each of nodes includes: a fault information transmitting device configured to transmit fault information indicating that a fault has occurred in a communication path between one node and another node of the nodes when it is detected that it is not possible to perform communication between the one node and the another node; and a fault location specifying device configured to specify a section between nodes in which a fault has occurred on the basis of the fault information received from the fault information transmitting device provided in each of the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2016Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya Oda, Tetsuro Inui, Akira Hirano, Wataru Imajuku, Shoukei Kobayashi, Takafumi Tanaka, Yutaka Miyamoto, Hidehiko Takara
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Publication number: 20180375579Abstract: A communication system includes three or more nodes and a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores and being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes. One node of the nodes is connected to the multi-core fiber and includes a connector configured to add and drop a signal to and from an allocated core exclusively allocated for communication between the one node and another node of the nodes and/or configured to relay a signal transmitted through another core allocated to communication between the other nodes in multi-core fibers connected to the one node.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: December 27, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Publication number: 20180359024Abstract: A communication system which includes: three or more nodes; a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes; a detection signal output unit configured to output a fault detection signal transmitted by the core provided in the multi-core fiber configured to connect together the nodes; and a fault detection unit configured to determine whether a fault has occurred between the nodes on the basis of a detection result of the fault detection signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Publication number: 20180358773Abstract: An optical amplification system includes: three or more nodes; a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes; an amplification light input unit configured to input amplification light to a core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber; an amplification unit configured to amplify communication light transmitted through at least one core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber using the amplification light, the amplification unit being provided in the nodes or between the nodes; and an amplification light coupling unit configured to couple the amplification light input by the amplification light input unit to the amplification unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: December 13, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Publication number: 20180351639Abstract: A communication system includes three or more nodes, and a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes, wherein each of nodes includes: a fault information transmitting device configured to transmit fault information indicating that a fault has occurred in a communication path between one node and another node of the nodes when it is detected that it is not possible to perform communication between the one node and the another node; and a fault location specifying device configured to specify a section between nodes in which a fault has occurred on the basis of the fault information received from the fault information transmitting device provided in each of the nodesType: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: December 6, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Publication number: 20180341060Abstract: A communication system includes three or more nodes and a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes is provided. One node of the nodes is connected to the multi-core fiber and includes a connector configured to add and drop a signal to and from an allocated core exclusively allocated from among the cores as a communication path between the one node and another node of the nodes and/or configured to relay a signal transmitted through another core of the cores allocated for communication between other nodes in the multi-core fiber connected to the one node, and a relative positional relationship between a connection position of the allocated core in which a signal is added or dropped in the connector and a connection position of another core in which a signal is relayed in the connector is the same for all of the nodes connected to the multi-core fiber.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Publication number: 20180343067Abstract: A node included in an optical power supply system which includes three or more nodes and a multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the plurality of cores being used in at least a partial segment of the connection between the nodes includes: a power supply light dropping unit configured to drop a portion or all of a power supply light from one core of the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber; a photoelectric conversion unit configured to convert the portion or all of the power supply light dropped by the power supply light dropping unit to an electrical signal; and a power supply target facility configured to operate with the electrical signal converted by the photoelectric conversion unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: November 29, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Publication number: 20180337726Abstract: A transmission quality estimation system includes, three or more nodes and a transmission quality estimation device configured to estimate, transmission quality. A multi-core fiber having a plurality of cores, the multi-core fiber being used in at least a partial segment of a connection between the nodes. A node of the nodes includes a core connection unit configured to drop, add or relay light transmitted from, to or to each of to the plurality of cores of the multi-core fiber. The transmission quality estimation device includes an estimation unit configured to estimate transmission quality between the nodes on the basis of a transmission quality measurement light dropped by the core connection unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2016Publication date: November 22, 2018Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Takuya ODA, Tetsuro INUI, Akira HIRANO, Wataru IMAJUKU, Shoukei KOBAYASHI, Takafumi TANAKA, Yutaka MIYAMOTO, Hidehiko TAKARA
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Patent number: 9054894Abstract: The present invention provides a signal block sequence processing method. According to the method, signal block headers (Bch, Bdh) are deleted from each sequence of signal blocks (B) each composed of the signal block header indicating whether a signal block payload is a control block payload (Bc?) containing a control code is contained or a data block payload (Bd?) containing data is contained. The resultant signal blocks are formed into one group (G). Each control block payload in the group is provided with position determination information indicating the position of the control block payload in the group. The signal block payloads are rearranged in accordance with a signal block payload rearrangement rule. The rearranged signal block payloads are contained in a super-block payload (Sc), to which a super-block header (Shc) indicative of containment of control block payloads is added. The resultant super-block (S) is output.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2008Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone CorporationInventors: Shoukei Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Teshima, Takehito Yamamoto, Osamu Ishida, Yoshiaki Kisaka
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Publication number: 20110013690Abstract: The present invention provides a signal block sequence processing method. According to the method, signal block headers (Bch, Bdh) are deleted from each sequence of signal blocks (B) each composed of the signal block header indicating whether a signal block payload is a control block payload (Bc?) containing a control code is contained or a data block payload (Bd?) containing data is contained. The resultant signal blocks are formed into one group (G). Each control block payload in the group is provided with position determination information indicating the position of the control block payload in the group. The signal block payloads are rearranged in accordance with a signal block payload rearrangement rule. The rearranged signal block payloads are contained in a super-block payload (Sc), to which a super-block header (Shc) indicative of containment of control block payloads is added. The resultant super-block (S) is output.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 4, 2008Publication date: January 20, 2011Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATIONInventors: Shoukei Kobayashi, Mitsuhiro Teshima, Takehito Yamanoto, Osamu Ishida, Yoshiaki Kisaka