US Patent No: 5,327,275

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Switching system of optical transmission lines for protecting from trouble

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Abstract

A system for optical communication between first and second optical terminal stations, containing a plurality of working optical transmission lines each for connecting between the first and second optical terminal stations, a protection optical transmission line. Each of the first and second optical terminal stations contains a plurality of working pieces of optical terminal equipment, connected to the respective working optical transmission lines, a protection piece of optical terminal equipment connected to the protection optical transmission line, and a plurality of bidirectional optical signal paths, provided corresponding to the respective working pieces of optical terminal equipment, and each operative to connect the corresponding working piece of optical terminal equipment to the protection piece of optical terminal equipment.

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Patent Owner(s)

Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
FUJITSU LIMITEDKAWASAKI21511

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujimoto, Naonobu Kawasaki, JP 10 249
Fukushima, Takeo Tokyo, JP 18 260
Iino, Hatsumi Kawasaki, JP 6 134
Kihara, Takashi Chiba, JP 47 231
Nishimura, Koichi Susono, JP 143 627
Yamane, Kazuo Kawasaki, JP 43 506

Cited Art

Patent Info (Count) # Cites Year
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (2)
4,680,776 Protection switching system for carrier transmission line 50 1984
4,967,406 Subsignal transmitting system 11 1989
 
ALCATEL NETWORK SYSTEMS, INC. (1)
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ERICSSON AB (1)
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HARRIS CORPORATION (1)
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HITACHI, LTD. (1)
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NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED (1)
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Patent Citation Ranking

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HITACHI, LTD. (11)
5,555,477 Optical transmission system constructing method and system 31 1993
5,739,932 Optical transmission system constructing method and system 3 1996
5,812,289 Optical repeater and optical transmitter 13 1996
5,875,046 Optical repeater and optical transmitter 6 1996
5,861,972 Optical multiplex transmission equipment and method 3 1996
6,005,699 Optical wavelength multiplexing system 9 1997
6,018,405 Optical transmission equipment which transmits an amplified optical data signal and an optical surveillance signal 5 1999
6,266,169 Optical transmission equipment which transmits an amplified optical data signal and an optical surveillance signal 14 1999
6,728,489 Optical transmission system constructing method and system 4 2001
7,167,652 Optical transmission system constructing method and system 0 2004
7,292,785 Optical transmission system constructing method and system 0 2006
 
FUJITSU LIMITED (7)
5,457,555 Optical transmission system 17 1993
5,510,925 Relay transmission system including optical amplification 7 1994
5,434,691 Communications system having optical transmission line switching system 21 1994
6,147,783 Optical transmission system wherein protection terminal equipment converts alarm indication signal before relaying same to working terminal equipment 0 1995
5,949,563 Wavelength division multiplexing transmitter receiver, optical transmission system, and redundant system switching method 20 1997
7,418,203 Diagnosis method for standby system of optical ring network 0 2004
7,764,881 Optical apparatus and optical cross connect apparatus 5 2005
 
NEC CORPORATION (2)
6,317,414 Signal switching method 20 1998
7,613,391 Optical signal switching device for use in an optical protection network 1 2003
 
SN AQUISITION CORP. (2)
6,321,004 Protection switching in bidirectional WDM optical communication networks 12 2001
6,307,986 Protection switching in bidirectional WDM optical communication networks with transponders 17 2001
 
CIENA CORPORATION (1)
7,158,477 Data communication apparatus with distributed traffic protection switching system 4 2002
 
CORNING INCORPORATED (1)
6,323,974 Optical protection system for liquid crystal switches 9 2000
 
ERICSSON AB (1)
7,136,586 Optical communication system 1 2001
 
ITALTEL S.P.A. (1)
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KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA (1)
7,310,683 Message relaying scheme based on switching in units of flows 6 2003
 
LIGHTECH FIBEROPTICS, INC. (1)
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LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. (1)
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MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (1)
5,440,538 Communication system with redundant links and data bit time multiplexing 65 1993
 
MCI COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION (1)
6,061,482 Channel layered optical cross-connect restoration system 19 1997
 
NEC ELUMINANT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (1)
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (1)
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