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20080199182 | Transmission system and transmission method - A wavelength division multiplexing system according to the present art adjusts the amount of dispersion compensation (the amount of dispersion compensation of an NZ-DSF and a DCF) every all spans on the basis of the time slot when an intensity modulation signal transmitter outputs an intensity modulation signal and the wavelength interval when a wavelength coupler multiplexes a phase modulation signal (output from a phase modulation signal transmitter) and the intensity modulation signal. | 08-21-2008 |
20090047028 | QUADRATURE PHASE-SHIFT KEYING MODULATOR AND PHASE SHIFT AMOUNT CONTROLLING METHOD FOR THE SAME - The improved quadrature phase shift keying modulator has a structure such that the average light output power of phase-shift keying modulation light output from the combining unit is changed according to the phase difference between the first and the second optical signal after being combined by means of applying driving signals different in eye crossing percentage by the first modulator and the second modulator, respectively, and has a power monitor monitoring the average light output power of quadrature phase-shift keying modulated light and a phase shift controlling unit which performs feedback control of the phase shift amount in the phase shifting unit based on the average light output power monitored by the power monitor. | 02-19-2009 |
20090080901 | Dispersion compensating apparatus and dispersion compensating method - In a dispersion compensating apparatus, a reference identifying unit identifies a reference (X dB down) that makes a penalty lower than a predetermined value in accordance with optical signal information and a reference identifying table, and a VIPA plate temperature adjusting unit adjusts a refractive index of a VIPA plate by modifying a temperature of the VIPA plate so that a transmission center wavelength derived from the reference matches the wavelength defined by an ITU-T Grid. If a dispersion compensation value setting unit performs an optimal residual dispersion value search, the VIPA plate temperature adjusting unit determines if a filtering penalty is lower than a predetermined value in accordance with a penalty management table. If the filtering penalty is lower than the predetermined value, temperature adjustment of the VIPA plate is not performed. | 03-26-2009 |
20090148166 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer - An optical add/drop multiplexer includes a first optical coupler receiving an optical signal including a plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a wavelength blocker receiving the optical signal from the first optical coupler, and blocking at least one wavelength of the plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a first wavelength selective switch, having one input port receiving the outputted optical signal from the first optical coupler and a plurality of output ports, demultiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected multiplexed wavelengths from the received optical signal, a second wavelength selective switch, having a plurality of input ports, each input port receiving a different optical signal and one output port, multiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected wavelength signals on the plurality of input ports, and a second optical coupler receiving the optical signal output from the wavelength blocker and multiplexed wavelength signal from the second wavelength selective switch. | 06-11-2009 |
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20100221002 | Optical signal processing apparatus - An OADM in a wavelength division multiplexing transmission system includes a wavelength selection switch that selects a predetermined wavelength from a multiple optical signal obtained by multiplexing a phase modulated signal and an intensity modulated signal and outputs the selected wavelength signal to a predetermined output port. The wavelength selection switch has a different delay for each wavelength of the multiple optical signal. For example, the wavelength selection switch includes a mirror array. Optical paths from the surfaces of mirrors arranged on the mirror array to the diffraction grating are different in the case of adjacent mirrors. | 09-02-2010 |
20110038636 | Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer - An optical add/drop multiplexer includes a first optical coupler receiving an optical signal including a plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a wavelength blocker receiving the optical signal from the first optical coupler, and blocking at least one wavelength of the plurality of multiplexed wavelengths, a first wavelength selective switch, having one input port receiving the outputted optical signal from the first optical coupler and a plurality of output ports, demultiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected multiplexed wavelengths from the received optical signal, a second wavelength selective switch, having a plurality of input ports, each input port receiving a different optical signal and one output port, multiplexing a plurality of arbitrarily selected wavelength signals on the plurality of input ports, and a second optical coupler receiving the optical signal output from the wavelength blocker and multiplexed wavelength signal from the second wavelength selective switch. | 02-17-2011 |
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20120170928 | OPTICAL TRANSMITTER, OPTICAL TRANSMISSION METHOD, AND WAVELENGTH-SELECTIVE VARIABLE DELAYER - An optical transmitter is provided for transmitting a wavelength multiplexed signal comprising an intensity modulation optical signal and a phase modulation optical signal through a transmission line. The optical transmitter includes a bit time difference given signal generator for generating at least two optical signals having a bit time difference therebetween, from the wavelength multiplexed signal. The optical transmitter further includes a wavelength multiplexed signal output unit to which at least two optical signals are input from the bit time difference given signal generator, and which generates and outputs a wavelength multiplexed signal in which the bit time difference was given between the phase modulation optical signal and the phase modulation optical signal. | 07-05-2012 |
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20080226295 | LIGHT MODULATING APPARATUS - A light modulating apparatus which is to be used in a transmission system using wavelength division multiplexing has: a signal generating section for producing a transmission signal and the like; a first light modulating section for modulating light emitted from a light source, on the basis of the transmission signal; a variable phase shifter which changes a phase of a light quantity control signal; a second light modulating section for modulating a light signal emitted from the first light modulating section, on the basis of an output of the variable phase shifter; a branching section for branching a light signal emitted from the second light modulating section, into an output light signal and an electric signal; and an analysis controlling section for sampling the electric signal, controlling the variable phase shifter on the basis of sampled data, and adjusting a timing of the modulation in the second light modulating section. | 09-18-2008 |
20100066456 | CLOCK REPRODUCING APPARATUS - A clock reproducing apparatus includes a clock reproducing circuit having: a gated oscillator having an oscillating circuit of two routes; and a frequency control circuit for comparing a phase of an output of the gated oscillator with a phase of a reference clock, and supplying a phase control signal to the gated oscillator based on the comparison result so as to set a delay time, input data is input to a reset input terminal of the gated oscillator, and different route of the two routes of the oscillating circuit operates depending on a case where the input data is “H” and a case where the input data is “L”. | 03-18-2010 |
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20080260155 | Storage Medium Processing Method, Storage Medium Processing Device, and Program - Spread of a forged storage medium is prevented suppressing an authentic storage medium's damage and trouble of a owner to the minimum. When there is an update request of user key data, the update history of the user key data concerning the shown above-mentioned medium identifier IDm is referred to. When judged that the update of the user key data concerning the shown medium identifier IDm not being performed within a predetermined period, the update of user key data is performed. The request of a update is refused when judged that the update of the user key data concerning the shown medium identifier IDm being performed within a predetermined period. | 10-23-2008 |
20080294562 | Storage Medium Processing Method, Storage Medium Processing Device, and Program - The content data is offered not only to specific storage media but also to the storage media of several different types. Various kinds of storage media (SDq, MSq, HDDq, etc.) enabled to acquire data from a license center unit | 11-27-2008 |
20080310638 | Storage Medium Processing Method, Storage Medium Processing Device, and Program - A situation where accesses concentrate on a release day is eased. A user terminal | 12-18-2008 |
20120311319 | CONTENT DATA DELIVERY SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR DELIVERING AN ENCRYPTED CONTENT DATA - A handheld device is configured to be connectable to a storage media that holds a unique media identifier and holds a content key data used to decrypt an encrypted content data. A content data delivery system is provided that is configured to be able to deliver various data to the handheld device and to make a content data available to the handheld device. The system includes a member-registration information database that holds member-registration information including a data pair of a handheld-device identifier related to the relevant handheld device and the relevant media identifier. The media identifier held by the storage media is verified with the member-registration information database. | 12-06-2012 |