Patents by Inventor Yoshihiko Uematsu

Yoshihiko Uematsu 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).

  • Patent number: 11362894
    Abstract: When separate service apparatuses that provide various communication services to users are connected by a wiring with communication functional units interposed, if there is a wiring abnormality, the location of the abnormality is easily identified. When a wiring connection is completed between separated service apparatuses X and Y that provide various communication services to user terminals 31 and 32 with communication functional units A1 and B2 interposed, a wiring management system 10A includes a transmission network management apparatus 14A that identifies a wiring abnormality. The transmission network management apparatus 14A associates endpoint names of the service apparatuses X and Y and of the functional units A1 and B2 with opposite endpoint names on the opposite sides, defines opposite endpoint IDs of the endpoints of the functional units A1 and B2 as expected values, and saves the end points in association with the opposite endpoint IDs in a DB 14b.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Uematsu, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Kawahara, Katsuhiro Araya, Toshiyuki Oka
  • Patent number: 11265628
    Abstract: [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To uninterruptedly change a band of an optical transmission path in a line IF section, which relays a signal transmitted to an optical transmission path in a client IF section to which a communication terminal is connected, to the same band as a changed band in the client IF section without suspending the communication in the line IF section. [SOLUTION] An optical transmission system 10A performs processing for changing a band of an optical fiber 15 in a line IF section (L section) that relays a signal from an optical fiber 12 in a client IF section (C section) to the same band as that in the C section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Araya, Yoshihiko Uematsu, Toshiyuki Oka, Hiroki Kawahara, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 11251877
    Abstract: [Problem] It is possible to cancel out beat noises in a WDM signal to obtain a high-quality signal component, and a configuration thereof is achieved with low mounting costs. [Solution] An optical reception device converts a WDM signal rs(t) of an optical signal to electrical signals d(t)1 to d(t)n expressed as complex numbers of orthogonal phases, cancels out beat noises from the electrical signals, and then demodulates the signals to obtain signals D1 to Dn of a transmission source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroki Kawahara, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Katsuhiro Araya, Yoshihiko Uematsu, Toshiyuki Oka
  • Publication number: 20210321178
    Abstract: [PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED] To uninterruptedly change a band of an optical transmission path in a line IF section, which relays a signal transmitted to an optical transmission path in a client IF section to which a communication terminal is connected, to the same band as a changed band in the client IF section without suspending the communication in the line IF section. [SOLUTION] An optical transmission system 10A performs processing for changing a band of an optical fiber 15 in a line IF section (L section) that relays a signal from an optical fiber 12 in a client IF section (C section) to the same band as that in the C section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Araya, Yoshihiko Uematsu, Toshiyuki Oka, Hiroki Kawahara, Hiroshi Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20210218474
    Abstract: [Problem] It is possible to cancel out beat noises in a WDM signal to obtain a high-quality signal component, and a configuration thereof is achieved with low mounting costs. [Solution] An optical reception device converts a WDM signal rs(t) of an optical signal to electrical signals d(t)1 to d(t)n expressed as complex numbers of orthogonal phases, cancels out beat noises from the electrical signals, and then demodulates the signals to obtain signals D1 to Dn of a transmission source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAHARA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Katsuhiro ARAYA, Yoshihiko UEMATSU, Toshiyuki OKA
  • Publication number: 20210219031
    Abstract: [Problem] To improve the add/drop rates while suppressing the apparatus scale of the ROADM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Hiroki KAWAHARA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Katsuhiro ARAYA, Yoshihiko UEMATSU, Toshiyuki OKA
  • Publication number: 20210014585
    Abstract: When separate service apparatuses that provide various communication services to users are connected by a wiring with communication functional units interposed, if there is a wiring abnormality, the location of the abnormality is easily identified. When a wiring connection is completed between separated service apparatuses X and Y that provide various communication services to user terminals 31 and 32 with communication functional units A1 and B2 interposed, a wiring management system 10A includes a transmission network management apparatus 14A that identifies a wiring abnormality. The transmission network management apparatus 14A associates endpoint names of the service apparatuses X and Y and of the functional units A1 and B2 with opposite endpoint names on the opposite sides, defines opposite endpoint IDs of the endpoints of the functional units A1 and B2 as expected values, and saves the end points in association with the opposite endpoint IDs in a DB 14b.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Uematsu, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Hiroki Kawahara, Katsuhiro Araya, Toshiyuki Oka
  • Patent number: 7327676
    Abstract: A source node 11 obtains from a destination node 12 quality information on routes 31 and 32 to the node 12, and adaptively changes data distribution ratios for the multiple routes based on the quality information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Teruhi, Yoshihiko Uematsu, Hidetoshi Mori
  • Patent number: 6598092
    Abstract: In a trunk transmission network for transmitting information signals between nodes via paths, flexible path operation is achieved by setting up paths between source nodes and destination nodes after pre-classifying paths into a higher service class in which any loss of information occurring in that path is made good restored; and a lower service class which permits loss of information to occur in the path. The flexible operation is further achieved by arranging for each node, when it acts as a source node, to recognize the service class of the information signal it is sending to a destination node, and to select a path corresponding to that service class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Tomizawa, Shinji Matsuoka, Yoshihiko Uematsu
  • Publication number: 20030072269
    Abstract: A source node 11 obtains from a destination node 12 quality information on routes 31 and 32 to the node 12, and adaptively changes data distribution ratios for the multiple routes based on the quality information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Publication date: April 17, 2003
    Applicant: NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Teruhi, Yoshihiko Uematsu, Hidetoshi Mori
  • Publication number: 20010003833
    Abstract: In a trunk transmission network for transmitting information signals between nodes via paths, flexible path operation is achieved by setting up paths between source nodes and destination nodes after pre-classifying paths into a higher service class in which any loss of information occurring in that path is made good, and a lower service class which permits loss of information to occur in the path, and by arranging for each node, when it acts as a source node, to recognize the service class of the information signal it is sending to a destination node, and to select a path corresponding to that service class.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 14, 2001
    Applicant: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Tomizawa, Shinji Matsuoka, Yoshihiko Uematsu
  • Patent number: 6202082
    Abstract: In a trunk transmission network for transmitting information signals between nodes via paths, flexible path operation is achieved by setting up paths between source nodes and destination nodes after pre-classifying paths into a higher service class in which any loss of information occurring in that path is restored, and a lower service class which permits loss of information to occur in the path. The flexible operation is further achieved by arranging for each node, when it acts as a source node, to recognize the service class of the information signal it is sending to a destination node, and to select a path corresponding to that service class.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Masahito Tomizawa, Shinji Matsuoka, Yoshihiko Uematsu
  • Patent number: 6034974
    Abstract: The invention has the object of offering a channel-selection-type demultiplexing circuit which is capable of interchanging the time slots of demultiplexed signals when demultiplexing ultra-high-speed multi-channel multiplexed signal stream without expanding the scale of the circuits, and does not require the scale of the circuits to be expanded even if the speed of the transmission path increases. The invention is a channel-selection-type demultiplexing circuit capable of demultiplexing signals to a desired output port during bit demultiplexing, instead of simply demultiplexing the bits as in conventional devices, which performs bit demultiplexing based on a frequency division clock after selecting the bit signals to be demultiplexed to the desired output port from the N-channel multiplexed signal stream based on channel selection information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2000
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Shinji Matsuoka, Yoshihiko Uematsu, Masahito Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 5751720
    Abstract: A pointer processor for use in an SDH/SONET transmission system, realizing a proper VC path management. A pointer interpreter constantly monitors 3X pairs of H1 and H2 bytes to contain a prescribed maximum size pointer AU-4-Xc that can possibly be received by the pointer processor, to obtain and hold an inside AU-size map indicating an occupation state of AU pointers on 3X pairs of H1 and H2 bytes, while generating and holding an assigned AU-size map indicating an assigned state of AU pointers on 3X pairs of H1 and H2 bytes according to an externally set AU pointer size, and compares these two AU-size maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshihiko Uematsu, Shinji Matsuoka
  • Patent number: 5631896
    Abstract: A hitless path switching method without a bit loss. The same digital line signals on a working path and a protection path are continuously monitored independently for bit errors. If a bit error occurs in the working path and no bit error occurs in the protection path, a switching trigger is produced and a switching operation from the working path to the protection path is performed on a data block basis. Only correct data are transferred to downstream apparatuses. Reliable hitless switching is achieved not only in response to a failure in a path, but also in response to a bit error. Using data blocks of one frame length with an indicator for bit error checking placed at its beginning or top makes effective switching possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Assignee: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuyuki Kawase, Yoshiaki Yamabayashi, Yoshihiko Uematsu