JP2016158132A - Network system, station side device, and communication method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase the total rate of downlinks of the entire system in the case that ONUs having different communication quality are mixed.SOLUTION: A first candidate for a communication control method is determined in a subscriber device, the acquired communication quality of which is worse than prescribed reference, and a second candidate for a communication control method which applies a transmission rate higher than in the first candidate to downlink communication is determined in a subscriber device, the acquired communication quality of which is better than the prescribed reference. The plurality of subscriber devices are allocated to a plurality of wavelengths such that the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber device with the first candidate determined is allocated is minimized, and such that the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber deice with the second candidate determined is allocated is maximized. The first candidate is applied as the communication control method to communication using the wavelengths allocated to the subscriber device with the first candidate determined, and the second candidate is applied as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength that is not allocated to the subscriber device with the first candidate determined.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 9

Description

  The present invention relates to a network system, a station-side device, and a communication method.

  In recent years, with the spread of the Internet, there has been an increasing demand for speeding up communication in networks. In order to meet this demand for speeding up, PON (Passive Optical Network) is spreading.

  The PON is a single fiber connected to the OLT in order to connect the accommodation station (OLT: Optical Line Terminal) installed in the station and the network unit (ONU: Optical Network Unit) installed in each user's home. Is a network in which each of a plurality of branched fibers is connected to each of a plurality of ONUs. When a network is constructed by such a PON, the fiber laying cost is low, and it is possible to communicate at high speed because optical transmission is used. For this reason, it is currently spreading throughout the world.

  Among the methods using PON, optical signals of different wavelengths are used for downstream transmission signals from the OLT to the ONU and upstream transmission signals from the ONU to the OLT, and each ONU signal is time-divided. TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) -PON is widely used. This TDM-PON is a standard B-PON (Broadband PON), E-PON (Ethernet PON, Ethernet is a registered trademark), G-PON (Gigabit Capable PON), 10G-EPON, and XG- This is a method adopted in PON.

  Multiplexing in TDM-PON uplink communication is realized by assigning a period during which the OLT permits transmission to each ONU by time division. In order to prevent collision of optical signals from each ONU in upstream communication, the OLT controls the transmission timing of the optical signal of the ONU. Specifically, the OLT transmits a control frame for instructing a period during which transmission is permitted to each ONU. Then, the ONU transmits an uplink control signal and uplink data during a period indicated by the received control frame.

  Multiplexing in TDM-PON downlink communication is realized by transmitting a frame in which an ID for identifying an ONU is added to the header to all ONUs in the MAC layer and receiving only a frame to which an ID addressed to itself is assigned on the ONU side. To do.

  Furthermore, as a next-generation PON candidate, there is a method using WDM / TDM-PON in which conventional TDM-PONs are bundled at a plurality of wavelengths. In this WDM / TDM-PON, a larger capacity communication can be realized by using a plurality of wavelengths.

  In this WDM / TDM-PON, a technique has been proposed in which ONUs use a wavelength-tunable optical transceiver to dynamically change the communication wavelength. In addition, a technique relating to a wavelength allocation method that equalizes traffic on each link while suppressing the frequency of wavelength change is disclosed (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  As for the wavelength switching method of the ONU, a technique is disclosed in which a wavelength switching instruction is transmitted from the OLT to the ONU, and when the ONU completes the wavelength switching, a wavelength switching completion notification is transmitted from the ONU to the OLT. (For example, refer nonpatent literature 1).

  In PON, generally, the distance between the OLT and the ONU is different, and therefore the transmission loss between the OLT and the ONU is also different for each ONU. BER of burst data transmitted from each ONU in upstream communication is measured, and upstream FEC (Forward Error Correction) is selected based on the BER, or downstream based on the downstream BER in downstream communication. A technique for selecting FEC is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP 2014-138379 A US Patent Application Publication No. 2013/0156420

T. Yoshida, et al., "An Automatic Load-balancing DWBA Algorithm Considering Long-time Tuning Devices for λ-tunable WDM / TDM-PON", ECOC2013 We.2.F.5

  Multiplexing of downlink communication in WDM / TDM-PON uses the same method as TDM-PON, and all ONUs need to receive signals using the same wavelength. Therefore, when all of the ONUs to which one wavelength is assigned are at a short distance, the OLT that transmits a signal using the wavelength can turn off the downstream FEC. On the other hand, if there is at least one ONU installed at a long distance among the ONUs to which one wavelength is assigned, the OLT that transmits a signal using the wavelength needs to turn on the downstream FEC. .

  A method for dynamically assigning wavelengths to ONUs has been proposed in the past, but communication quality or transmission distance for each ONU is not considered. For this reason, the conventional wavelength assignment is applied to the WDM / TDM-PON equipped with the adaptive FEC control, and there may be a situation in which one or more ONUs at a long distance exist in the ONU to which one wavelength is assigned.

  If there is one or more ONUs that can communicate with the downstream FEC turned on due to being installed at a long distance, the OLT needs to turn on the downstream FEC for communication at all wavelengths. There is. As a result, the number of optical subscriber units (OSUs) (that is, the number of wavelengths) that communicate with the downlink FEC turned off decreases, and the total downlink rate, which is one index of system performance, decreases.

  As described above, when the wavelength of the ONU is assigned without considering the communication quality and distance for each ONU, the number of OSUs that can be communicated is reduced by turning off the FEC in downlink communication, and the total downlink rate of the entire system can be increased. Absent.

  In this way, when a specific communication control such as FEC is applied to an ONU installed at a long distance, the OLT is assigned to another ONU assigned to the same wavelength as the ONU installed at a long distance. By applying the same communication control, the total downlink rate of the entire system was lowered.

  The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and in the tunable WDM / TDM-PON, when ONUs having different communication quality or distance are mixed, it is possible to increase the total downlink rate of the entire system. Is the purpose.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is a network system, comprising a plurality of subscriber devices and a station-side device that communicates with the plurality of subscriber devices, wherein the station-side device includes the plurality of subscriber devices. A communication control method is applied to each of the wavelengths assigned to the plurality of subscriber devices in downlink communication from the station side device to the plurality of subscriber devices, communicating with the subscriber device using a plurality of wavelengths, The communication quality of the downlink communication is acquired for each subscriber device, a first candidate of the communication control method is determined for a subscriber device whose acquired communication quality is poor compared to a predetermined standard, and the acquisition is performed. A second candidate of a communication control method for applying a higher transmission rate to the downlink communication to a subscriber device whose communication quality may be compared with the predetermined standard is defined, and the first candidate Assigned subscriber devices are assigned Assigning the plurality of subscriber devices to the plurality of wavelengths so as to minimize the number of wavelengths assigned and maximize the number of wavelengths assigned to the subscriber device for which the second candidate is defined, Applying the first candidate as the communication control method to communication using the wavelength assigned to the subscriber apparatus for which the first candidate is determined, and assigning the first candidate to the subscriber apparatus for which the first candidate is determined The second candidate is applied as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength that is not performed.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, when ONU from which communication quality and distance differ is mixed, the downlink total rate of the whole system can be raised. Problems, configurations, and effects other than those described above will be clarified by the following description of embodiments.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an optical access network based on WDM / TDM-PON according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an OLT according to a first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an ONU according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a PHY frame format according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an FEC management table held by the OLT control unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an ONU management table held by the OLT control unit according to the first embodiment. 3 is a flowchart illustrating processing of an OLT control unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a sequence diagram illustrating a wavelength dynamic allocation process according to the first embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process of Example 1. FIG. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an ONU management table according to the second embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process of Example 2. FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the ONU management table of Example 3. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by an ONU according to a third embodiment. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an FEC management table according to a fourth embodiment. 14 is a flowchart illustrating processing of an OLT control unit according to the fourth embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process of Example 4. FIG. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an OLT according to a fifth embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an ONU according to a fifth embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows the rate management table of Example 5. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating processing of an OLT control unit according to the fifth embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process of Example 5. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process of a prior art example. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process in case there exists a difference in performance in OSU of a prior art example. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process which does not consider the communication quality of a prior art example. It is a block diagram which shows the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process when the downlink transmission rate between OSU of a prior art example is the same.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In addition, the same code | symbol is provided to the common part in each figure. Unless otherwise specified, the description of the control frame in the PON section is performed based on the control frame defined by the 10G-EPON standard.

(Optical access network)
FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating an optical access network based on WDM / TDM-PON according to the first embodiment.

  The optical access network according to the first embodiment includes an OLT 10, an optical splitter 30, a plurality of ONUs 20 (20 # 1 to 20 # 64), and a plurality of terminals 50 (50 # 1 to 50 # 64). The OLT 10 is an optical line device and a station side device, and the ONU 20 is an optical network device and a subscriber device.

  The OLT 10 is connected to the optical splitter 30 via a trunk optical fiber 400. The optical splitter 30 is connected to the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 64 via optical fibers 40 # 1 to 40 # 64 of branch lines. Terminals 50 # 1-50 # 64 are connected to ONUs 20 # 1-20 # 64, respectively.

  Next, the downlink communication and uplink communication methods will be described. Here, the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 16 communicate with the OLT 10 using the downstream wavelength λD1 and the upstream wavelength λU1. The ONUs 20 # 17 to 20 # 32 communicate with the OLT 10 using the downstream wavelength λD2 and the upstream wavelength λU2.

  The ONUs 20 # 33 to 20 # 48 communicate with the OLT 10 using the downstream wavelength λD3 and the upstream wavelength λU3. The ONUs 20 # 49 to 20 # 64 communicate with the OLT 10 using the downstream wavelength λD4 and the upstream wavelength λU4. In this variable wavelength WDM / TDM-PON system, the wavelength used by each ONU 20 for uplink communication and downlink communication is not fixed, but is dynamically changed.

  The downlink communication from the OLT 10 to the ONU 20 in the WDM / TDM-PON will be described. The OLT 10 transmits signals addressed to the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 16 using a downstream optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD1. Further, the OLT 10 transmits a signal addressed to the ONUs 20 # 17 to 20 # 32 as a downstream optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD2.

  Further, the OLT 10 transmits a signal addressed to the ONUs 20 # 33 to 20 # 48 as a downstream optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD3. The OLT 10 transmits a signal addressed to the ONUs 20 # 49 to 20 # 64 as a downstream optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD4.

  Therefore, the optical signal transmitted from the OLT 10 is an optical signal wavelength-multiplexed with the downstream wavelengths λD1, λD2, λD3, and λD4. The wavelength-multiplexed optical signals are input to the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 64 via the optical splitter 30 and the optical fibers 40 # 1 to 40 # 64. The ONU 20 includes a wavelength tunable optical transceiver that can change the wavelength to be transmitted and received, and can transmit and receive only a specific wavelength.

  When receiving the wavelength-multiplexed downstream optical signal, the ONU 20 receives only a specific wavelength assigned to itself. For example, the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 16 select a signal having only the downstream wavelength λD1 and receive the selected signal. The ONUs 20 # 17 to 20 # 32 select a signal having only the downstream wavelength λD2 and receive the selected signal. Further, the ONUs 20 # 33 to 20 # 48 select a signal having only the downstream wavelength λD3 and receive the selected signal. Further, the ONUs 20 # 49 to 20 # 64 select only the signal having the downstream wavelength λD4 and receive the selected signal.

  In the optical signal using each wavelength, signals addressed to each ONU 20 are multiplexed in a time division manner. For example, since the downstream optical signal having the downstream wavelength λD1 is time-division multiplexed with the signals addressed to the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 16, each of the ONUs 20 analyzes the frame received from the OLT 10 to determine whether or not it is addressed to itself. It is possible to select only a frame addressed to itself.

  Next, an uplink signal from the ONU 20 to the OLT 10 in WDM / TDM-PON will be described. Each ONU 20 selects one of the upstream wavelengths λU1 to λU4, and transmits the upstream optical signal during the period instructed by the OLT 10 according to the selected wavelength. Note that the ONU 20 transmits an upstream optical signal only during an instructed period, so the upstream optical signal to be transmitted is a burst optical signal.

  For example, the ONUs 20 # 1 to 20 # 16 transmit the upstream burst optical signal with the upstream wavelength λU1, the ONUs 20 # 17 to 20 # 32 transmit the upstream burst optical signal with the upstream wavelength λU2, and the ONUs 20 # 33 to 20 #. 48 transmits an upstream burst optical signal having an upstream wavelength λU3, and ONUs 20 # 49 to 20 # 64 transmit upstream burst optical signals having an upstream wavelength λU4.

  The upstream optical signal (upstream burst optical signal) transmitted from each ONU 20 is multiplexed by the optical splitter 30 and then input to the OLT 10. Therefore, the OLT 10 receives time-division multiplexed and wavelength-multiplexed upstream optical signals having upstream wavelengths λU1 to λU4.

  Thus, the WDM / TDM-PON bundles the conventional TDM-PON at a plurality of wavelengths. For this reason, one OLT 10 can accommodate more ONUs 20, and the WDM / TDM-PON can realize a larger transmission capacity between the OLT 10 and the ONU 20.

(OLT10)
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the OLT 10 according to the first embodiment.

  The OLT 10 includes a multiplexer / demultiplexer (WDM coupler) 100, an OSU 110 (110 # 1 to 110 # 4), a layer 2 switch (L2SW) 170, a network node interface (NNI) unit 180, and an OLT control unit 160. Is done.

  The OSU 110 further includes an optical transceiver 120, a PHY processing unit 130, and a MAC processing unit 140. The PHY processing unit 130 includes a PHY frame generation unit 131, an FEC encoder 132, a PHY frame termination unit 133, and an FEC decoder 134.

  The OLT control unit 160 includes a processor and a memory. The processor of the OLT control unit 160 may realize each functional unit (the adaptive FEC control unit 161, the DWA control unit 162, and the traffic control unit 163) of the OLT control unit 160 by executing a program stored in the memory. However, the functional unit may be realized by having a physical integrated circuit. The memory of the OLT control unit 160 has an FEC management table 165a and an ONU management table 166a as data.

  The OLT control unit 160 implements functional units of an adaptive FEC control unit 161, a DWA control unit 162, and a traffic control unit 163. Hereinafter, each device and functional unit will be described.

  The multiplexer / demultiplexer 100 combines and demultiplexes the upstream optical signal having the wavelengths λU1 to λU4 and the downstream optical signal having the wavelengths λD1 to λD4. The multiplexer / demultiplexer 100 includes an optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD1 input from the OSU 110 # 1, an optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD2 input from the OSU 110 # 2, an optical signal having a downstream wavelength λD3 input from the OSU 110 # 3, And the optical signal which combined the optical signal of downstream wavelength (lambda) D4 input from OSU110 # 4 is output to the optical splitter 30. FIG.

  Further, the multiplexer / demultiplexer 100 demultiplexes the optical signal (the signal in which the wavelengths λU1 to λU4 are combined) input from the optical splitter 30, and transmits the optical signal having the upstream wavelength λU1 to the OSU 110 # 1. The optical signal having the wavelength λU2 is input to the OSU 110 # 2, the optical signal having the upstream wavelength λU3 is input to the OSU 110 # 3, and the optical signal having the upstream wavelength λU4 is input to the OSU 110 # 4.

  The optical transceiver 120 receives the upstream optical signals of the upstream wavelengths λU1 to λU4 input from the multiplexer / demultiplexer 100, respectively, and converts the received upstream optical signal into a current signal. Further, the optical transceiver 120 converts and amplifies the converted current signal into a voltage signal, extracts a clock from the electrical signal, retimes the electrical signal with the extracted clock, and converts the electrical signal into a digital signal. Output to each of the PHY processing units 130.

  Further, the optical transceiver 120 converts the electrical signal input from each of the PHY processing units 130 into each of the optical signals of the downstream wavelengths λD1 to λD4, and the converted optical signal is sent to the multiplexer / demultiplexer 100. Output. In the first embodiment, the optical transceivers 120 of all OSUs 110 have the same performance.

  The PHY processing unit 130 performs processing of the PHY layer for communication in the optical access network section. The PHY processing unit 130 includes a PHY frame generation unit 131, an FEC encoder 132, a PHY frame termination unit 133, and an FEC decoder 134.

  First, the processing content of the downlink signal will be described. When a MAC frame is input from the MAC processing unit 140, the FEC encoder 132 performs 64B66B encoding processing and FEC encoding processing on the MAC frame, and then inputs the MAC frame to the PHY frame generation unit 131. The PHY frame generation unit 131 adds a PHY interval PHY header to the input signal, generates a PHY frame, and inputs the PHY frame to the optical transceiver 120.

  Next, the processing content of the upstream signal will be described. The PHY frame termination unit 133 detects the PHY header of the PHY frame for the electric signal input from the optical transceiver 120 and analyzes the contents of the PHY header. Here, the PHY frame termination unit 133 acquires information on US-FEC ON / OFF from the PHY header, and inputs the acquired information to the FEC decoder 134.

  The FEC decoder 134 performs FEC decoding processing for each FEC codeword on the input signal, and then performs 64B66B decoding processing, and then inputs the signal to the MAC processing unit 140.

  Here, the FEC encoder 132 can operate by switching the FEC encoding processing based on an instruction from the adaptive FEC control unit 161 in the OLT control unit 160. For example, when an FEC ON instruction is received, the FEC encoder 132 performs 64B66B encoding processing on the input signal, calculates FEC parity, adds the FEC parity, and then generates a PHY frame generation unit 131. To enter.

  On the other hand, when an FEC OFF instruction is received, the FEC encoder 132 performs 64B66B encoding processing on the input signal. Then, the FEC encoder 132 inputs a signal to the PHY frame generation unit 131 without executing FEC parity calculation and addition processing.

  The MAC processing unit 140 performs MAC layer processing for communication in the optical access network section. Specifically, a process for transferring a MAC frame for downlink user data received from the network to the ONU, a process for transferring a MAC frame for uplink user data received from the ONU to the network, and a control MAC frame exchanged in the PON section Perform the process.

  Regarding the processing of the uplink user data, the MAC processing unit 140 analyzes the header information of the MAC frame received from the PHY processing unit 130 and identifies whether it is a user data frame or a control frame. Then, the MAC processing unit 140 distributes the user data frame to the L2SW 170 and processes the control frame in the MAC processing unit 140.

  Further, regarding the processing of downlink user data, the MAC processing unit 140 multiplexes the user data frame received from the L2SW 170 and the control frame generated in the MAC processing unit 140 and inputs the multiplexed data to the PHY processing unit 130.

  Further, regarding the processing of control frames exchanged in the PON section, the MAC processing unit 140, when received from the ONU 20 via the PHY processing unit 130, analyzes the header in the control frame, identifies the type of the control frame, The process is executed every time. For example, when the MAC processing unit 140 receives a control frame notifying the downlink reception bit error rate, the MAC processing unit 140 further analyzes the content of the control frame and obtains the ONU-ID and the bit error rate (downlink BER value) of the downlink signal. Obtain and notify the OLT control unit 160.

  The MAC processing unit 140 generates a control frame to be transmitted to the ONU 20, multiplexes the MAC frame received from the L2SW 170 and the control frame, and transmits the multiplexed frame to the ONU 20 via the PHY processing unit 130. For example, the MAC processing unit 140 generates a control frame that instructs the ONU 20 to switch the wavelength, or generates a control frame that requests the ONU 20 to notify the downstream BER value.

  The L2SW 170 multiplexes the MAC frame input from the OSU 110 and inputs the multiplexed MAC frame to the NNI unit 180. Further, the L2SW 170 determines an output destination port based on the destination of the MAC frame input from the NNI unit 180, and outputs the MAC frame to the determined output destination port.

  The NNI unit 180 converts the multiplexed user data frame received from the L2SW 170 into a signal conforming to NNI (Network Node Interface), and inputs the converted user data frame to the network 60. Further, the NNI unit 180 transfers the user data frame input from the network 60 to the L2SW 170.

  Based on the instruction from the OLT control unit 160, the NNI unit 180 accumulates the downlink user data frame to be wavelength-switched received during the wavelength switching process, and transfers it to the L2SW 170 after the wavelength switching process is completed.

  The OLT control unit 160 issues various instructions to the OSU 110 # 1 to OSU 110 # 4, the L2SW 170, and the NNI unit 180, and monitors the state of each functional unit.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 acquires the communication quality for each ONU 20, determines whether to turn on the downstream FEC and whether to turn on the upstream FEC based on the communication quality, and determines whether the upstream FEC is turned on. An instruction to change the setting of the downstream FEC or an instruction to change the upstream FEC setting to the ONU 20 is given. Note that the communication quality in the present embodiment changes depending on the distance between the ONU 20 and the OLT 10.

  The DWA control unit 162 determines the wavelength of each ONU 20 based on the traffic amount for each ONU 20 and the communication quality and distance for each ONU 20, and executes a wavelength change instruction and confirmation of the end of the change.

  The traffic control unit 163 adjusts the downlink upper limit bandwidth for each OSU 110 of the NNI unit 180 and the L2SW 170 based on the downlink FEC application state for each OSU 110. For example, when the downlink FEC is ON in the OSU 110 # 1 and the downlink FEC is OFF in the OSU 110 # 2, the traffic control unit 163 sets a band according to the downlink transmission rate of the PON section.

  In this embodiment, the adaptive FEC control unit 161, the DWA control unit 162, and the traffic control unit 163 can cooperate with each other. For example, the DWA control unit 162 can determine the wavelength of the ONU 20 based on the application state of the downlink FEC determined by the adaptive FEC control unit 161.

  Further, based on the downlink FEC application state set by the adaptive FEC control unit 161, the traffic control unit 163 can adjust the downlink upper limit band of the NNI unit 180. Further, when switching the wavelength of a certain ONU 20, the traffic control unit 163 temporarily stores downlink frames addressed to the wavelength switching target ONU 20, and sends an instruction to cancel the storage to the NNI unit 180 after the wavelength switching ends. Good.

  According to the configuration of the OLT 10 according to the first embodiment, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 and the DWA control unit 162 can operate in cooperation, and the OLT control unit 160 assigns wavelengths to the ONU 20 according to the communication quality for each ONU 20. Can be determined and switched to the determined wavelength.

(ONU20)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the ONU 20 according to the first embodiment.

  The ONU 20 includes a wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210, a PHY processing unit 230, a MAC processing unit 240, and an ONU control unit 250. The PHY processing unit 230 further includes a PHY frame generation unit 231, an FEC encoder 232, a PHY frame termination unit 233, and an FEC decoder 234. The ONU control unit 250 includes a BER management unit 251 and a wavelength control unit 252.

  Hereinafter, functions of each device and each processing unit will be described.

  The tunable optical transceiver 210 is an optical transceiver that can individually adjust the transmission wavelength and the reception wavelength. The wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 receives an instruction to set a transmission wavelength and a reception wavelength from the ONU control unit 250.

  Then, the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 sets one of the upstream wavelengths λU1 to λU4 as the transmission wavelength of the received upstream optical signal according to the instruction, and transmits the upstream signal to the OLT 10. Further, the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 receives a downstream optical signal in which any one of the downstream wavelengths λD1 to λD4 is set according to the instruction.

  Here, processing of the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 when the transmission wavelength is set to the upstream wavelength λU1 and the reception wavelength is set to the downstream wavelength λD1 will be described. When the downstream optical signal transmitted from the OLT 10 and the downstream optical signal in which the downstream wavelengths λD1 to λD4 are wavelength-multiplexed is received, the tunable optical transceiver 210 cuts wavelengths other than the downstream wavelength λD1. As a result, the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 selects only the downstream optical signal having the downstream wavelength λD1, and receives the selected downstream optical signal. The wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 can realize such processing by including, for example, an optical filter whose transmission wavelength is variable.

  The wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 converts the downstream optical signal having the downstream wavelength λD1 into a current signal, converts the converted current signal into a voltage signal, and further amplifies the voltage signal to generate an electrical signal. Then, the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 inputs the generated electrical signal to the PHY processing unit 230. The wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 converts the electrical signal input from the PHY processing unit 230 into an upstream optical signal having the upstream wavelength λU1, and outputs the upstream optical signal after conversion to the OLT 10.

  The PHY processing unit 230 performs processing of the PHY layer for communication in the optical access network section. Hereinafter, the processing content of the upstream signal by the PHY processing unit 230 will be described.

  When a MAC frame is input from the MAC processing unit 240, the FEC encoder 232 performs 64B66B encoding processing and FEC encoding processing on the input MAC frame, and then converts the MAC frame into a PHY frame generation unit 231. To enter. The PHY frame generation unit 231 generates a PHY frame by adding a PON section PHY header to the input signal, and outputs the generated PHY frame to the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210.

  Next, the processing content of the upstream signal will be described. The PHY frame termination unit 233 detects the header of the PHY frame from the electrical signal input from the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 and analyzes the content of the PHY header. Here, the PHY frame termination unit 233 acquires information about DS-FEC ON / OFF and outputs the information to the FEC decoder 234.

  The FEC decoder 234 performs FEC decoding processing on the input signal for each FEC codeword, then performs 64B66B decoding processing, and then inputs the signal to the MAC processing unit 240.

  In addition, the FEC decoder 234 measures statistical information regarding the number of error correction bits, the number of received FEC codewords, and the number of codewords that cannot be error corrected when the FEC decoding process is executed. Then, the FEC decoder 234 inputs statistical information to the BER management unit 251 in accordance with a request from the BER management unit 251. The specific format of the PHY frame will be described later.

  The MAC processing unit 240 performs MAC layer processing for communication in the optical access network section. Specifically, the MAC processing unit 240 is a process for transferring a MAC frame for uplink user data received from the user network to the OLT 10, a process for transferring a MAC frame for downlink user data received from the OLT 10 to the user network, and The control MAC frame is exchanged in the PON section.

  Regarding the downlink user data processing, the MAC processing unit 240 analyzes the header information of the MAC frame received from the PHY processing unit 230, and identifies whether it is a user data frame or a control frame. The MAC processing unit 240 transfers the user data frame to the terminal 50 and processes the control frame in the MAC processing unit 240.

  Regarding the processing of the uplink user data, the MAC processing unit 240 multiplexes the user data frame received from the terminal 50 and the control frame generated in the MAC processing unit 240 and inputs the multiplexed data to the PHY processing unit 230.

  In addition, regarding the processing of the control MAC frame exchanged in the PON section, when receiving the MAC processing unit 240 from the ONU 20 via the PHY processing unit 230, the MAC processing unit 240 analyzes the header in the control frame and identifies the type of the control frame. The process is executed for each type. For example, when receiving the control frame requesting the downlink reception bit error rate notification, the MAC processing unit 240 of the ONU 20 further analyzes the content of the control frame, obtains the ONU-ID and the downlink BER value, and sets the ONU control unit. 250 is notified.

  Further, the MAC processing unit 240 generates a control frame to be transmitted to the OLT 10, multiplexes the user data MAC frame received from the terminal 50 and the control frame, and transmits the multiplexed frame to the OLT 10 via the PHY processing unit 230. For example, the MAC processing unit 240 generates a control frame that notifies the OLT 10 of the end of wavelength switching, or generates a control frame that notifies the OLT 10 of the downlink BER value.

  The ONU control unit 250 controls the MAC processing unit 240, the PHY processing unit 230, and the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 in the ONU 20 in addition to transmitting and receiving messages regarding BER notification control and wavelength control between the OLT 10 and the ONU 20. .

  For example, the BER management unit 251 in the ONU control unit 250 acquires statistical information related to downlink reception acquired from the PHY processing unit 230 and manages it as a downlink BER value. When receiving a downlink BER notification request message from the OLT 10, the BER management unit 251 issues a downlink BER notification response message storing the managed downlink BER value, and transmits it to the OLT 10 via the MAC processing unit 240. To do.

  The BER management unit 251 uses, for example, the downlink BER by using the number of error correction bits measured by the FEC decoder 234 in the PHY processing unit 230, the number of received FEC code words, and the number of code words that cannot be corrected. Calculate the value. Further, as another method, the FEC decoder 234 may measure the downlink BER value using the BIP in the PHY frame and notify the BER management unit 251 of it.

  Here, the FEC encoder 232 can switch the FEC encoding processing based on an instruction from the BER management unit 251 in the ONU control unit 250. For example, when the FEC encoder 232 is instructed to turn on FEC, it performs 64B66B encoding processing on the input signal, calculates FEC parity, adds the FEC parity, and then generates a PHY frame for the signal. Input to the unit 231.

  On the other hand, when the FEC encoder 232 is instructed to perform FEC OFF, the FEC encoder 232 performs 64B66B encoding processing on the input signal. Then, the FEC encoder 232 inputs the signal to the PHY frame generation unit 231 without executing the calculation and addition processing of the FEC parity.

  The MAC processing unit 240 converts the user data frame into a signal compliant with UNI (User Network Interface), and transmits the converted frame to the terminal 50. In addition, the MAC processing unit 240 transfers the user data frame transmitted from the terminal 50 to the PHY processing unit 230.

  According to the configuration of the ONU 20 according to the first embodiment, the ONU 20 can perform switching between the wavelength of the transmission unit and the wavelength of the reception unit of the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 based on the wavelength switching control frame received from the OLT 10. It is. Further, the ONU 20 can measure the downlink BER value and notify the OLT 10 thereof. Further, it is possible to receive a downstream PHY frame by both FEC ON and FEC OFF.

(PHY frame format)
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a PHY frame format according to the first embodiment.

  The PHY frame format includes a burst delimiter (BD) area 31, an FEC profile area 32, a payload area 33, a bit interleaved parity (BIP) area 34, and an end-of-burst (EOB) area 35.

  The burst delimiter (BD) area 31 stores a bit string of a specific pattern for representing the head of the downstream PHY frame. The FEC profile area 32 indicates whether the bit string in the payload area 33 is in an FEC ON state in which FEC processing is performed or in an FEC OFF state in which FEC processing is not performed.

  The format of the payload area 33 differs according to the FEC profile area 32. When the FEC profile area 32 indicates the FEC ON state, the payload area 33 includes a plurality of FEC code words (FEC CW) 36. When the FEC profile area 32 indicates the FEC OFF state, the payload area 33 is composed of a plurality of 66-bit blocks.

  The bit interleaved parity (BIP) area 34 stores a parity value calculated from the bit pattern in the payload area 33. The end-of-burst (EOB) area 35 stores a bit string having a specific pattern indicating the end of the downstream PHY frame.

  According to such a PHY frame format, the ONU 20 on the receiving side can determine whether the payload area 33 is encoded by FEC by analyzing the header of the PHY frame, and based on the determination result. By switching the operation of the FEC decoder 234 of the ONU 20, it is possible to realize downstream FEC ON / OFF switching without prior signaling.

  In the first embodiment (including the second to fourth embodiments described later), the OLT 10 can receive information with few errors by applying the downlink FEC to the downlink communication to the ONU 20 with poor communication quality. On the other hand, the downlink transmission rate decreases.

(FEC management table 165a)
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the FEC management table 165a held by the OLT control unit 160 according to the first embodiment.

  The FEC management table 165a is used by the functional unit of the OLT control unit 160. The FEC management table 165a includes an OSU-ID 1651a and a DS-FEC 1652a.

  The OSU-ID 1651a indicates an identifier (or wavelength identifier) of the OSU 110, and the DS-FEC 1652a indicates whether the OSU 110 indicated by the OSU-ID 1651a is in a downstream FEC ON state or a downstream FEC OFF state.

  The FEC management table 165a illustrated in FIG. 5 indicates that only the OSU 110 # 1 is FEC ON and the OSUs 110 # 2 to # 4 are downstream FEC OFF. When an administrator of the OLT 10 inserts an OSU card on which the OSU 110 is mounted into the OLT 10, an entry is added to the FEC management table 165a, and when an OSU card is removed, the entry is deleted from the FEC management table 165a.

  Further, when the FEC application state in each OSU 110 changes due to acquisition of information (communication BER value or round trip time (RTT)) indicating communication quality for each ONU 20 in a predetermined cycle, the adaptive FEC control unit 161. Updates the FEC management table 165a. The adaptive FEC control unit 161, the DWA control unit 162, and the traffic control unit 163 refer to the FEC management table 165a.

(ONU management table 166a)
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the ONU management table 166a held by the OLT control unit 160 according to the first embodiment.

  The ONU management table 166a is used by the functional unit of the OLT control unit 160. The ONU management table 166a includes an ONU-ID 1661a, a DS-BER 1662a, and a wavelength ID 1663a.

  The ONU-ID 1661a indicates an identifier of the ONU 20, and the DS-BER 1662a indicates a downstream BER value measured by the ONU 20 indicated by the ONU-ID 1661a.

  The wavelength ID 1663a indicates an identifier of a wavelength assigned to the ONU 20 indicated by the ONU-ID 1661a. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the identifier indicated by the wavelength ID 1663a and the identifier indicated by the OSU-ID 1651a of the FEC management table 165a.

  When the ONU 20 is newly registered, an entry of the ONU management table 166a is added. When the adaptive FEC control unit 161 of the OLT control unit 160 acquires the downlink BER value measured by the ONU 20, it updates the DS-BER 1662a of the FEC management table 165a.

  The DWA control unit 162 according to the first embodiment determines the wavelength ID (that is, the OSU 110) of the wavelength to be assigned to the ONU 20 based on the ONU-ID 1661a and the DS-BER 1662a in the ONU management table 166a.

In the ONU management table 166a shown in FIG. 6, the downstream BER value measured by the ONU 20 # 1 (identifier is 1) is 1 × 10 ⁻⁴ , and the ONU 20 # 1 is currently assigned λ1 as the downstream wavelength. Indicates that

(Measurement method of communication quality)
The adaptive FEC control unit 161 according to the first embodiment determines whether to apply the downlink FEC and assigns the downlink wavelength to each OSU 110 using the downlink BER value. However, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may instead determine whether or not to apply the downlink FEC using the light reception level of the ONU 20 or the signal quality at the time of light reception such as the eye opening value at the time of light reception. .

  In addition, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 can acquire RTT as an index representing the distance between the OLT 10 and the ONU 20 instead of these signal qualities, and further determines whether or not to apply downlink FEC using the RTT. You may decide. Since the OLT control unit 160 can measure the RTT at the initial registration of the ONU 20, it is not necessary to acquire information indicating the communication quality in step S101 described later.

  In addition, the communication quality of a present Example is so bad that a downlink BER value is large. Also, the longer the distance, the worse the communication quality of this embodiment.

  Further, the ONU management table 166a shown in FIG. 6 stores the downlink BER value itself in the DS-BER 1662a. However, the ONU management table 166a of this embodiment uses a threshold value and a downlink for determining whether to set the downlink FEC OFF. The result of comparison with the BER value (result of step S102 described later) may be stored.

(Flowchart of OLT control unit 160)
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the OLT control unit 160 according to the first embodiment.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 of the OLT control unit 160 periodically executes operations from the start to the end of this flowchart. Although it is assumed that the execution is periodically performed in FIG. 7, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may execute the process illustrated in FIG. 7 at any time when the ONU 20 is registered or released.

  First, the adaptive FEC controller 161 requests all ONUs 20 (ONU20 # i, i is an arbitrary positive number) to measure the downlink BER value (BER (i)) as information indicating the communication quality, and the ONU20 # i BER (i) is acquired from (S101).

  As described above, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 uses the light reception level of the ONU 20 or the signal quality at the time of light reception such as the eye opening value at the time of light reception or the information indicating the distance such as the RTT as information indicating the communication quality. You may get it. The downlink BER value or the signal quality at the time of light reception is an index depending on the distance between the ONU 20 and the OLT 10, and the adaptive FEC control unit 161 can determine wavelength allocation and FEC setting based on these indices.

  Also, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 can determine wavelength assignment and FEC setting based on the distance. Note that, for example, when the distance between the ONU 20 and the OLT 10 is input in advance, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may not acquire the distance from the measurement with the ONU 20.

  Next, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines whether each of the ONUs 20 can communicate with the downstream FEC OFF based on the acquired BER (i) (S102). Specifically, when the acquired BER (i) is smaller than a preset threshold, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 has good communication quality between the ONU 20 and the OLT 10, and it is necessary to apply the downlink FEC to the downlink communication. Therefore, it is determined that communication is possible with downstream FEC OFF.

  Further, when the acquired BER (i) is equal to or higher than a preset threshold, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 has poor communication quality between the ONU 20 and the OLT 10 and needs to apply the downlink FEC to the downlink communication. It is determined that communication is impossible due to downstream FEC OFF.

  Next, based on the result determined in step S102, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 maximizes the number of OSUs 110 that can be set to downlink FEC OFF (that is, the number of wavelengths) and sets the OSU 110 to set downlink FEC ON. The combination of wavelengths to be assigned to the ONU 20 is determined so as to minimize the number of signals, and further, the setting of the downlink FEC of the OSU 110 is determined (S103).

  Here, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may use any algorithm as long as it can determine the combination of wavelengths that maximizes the downlink total rate of the entire system and the setting of the downlink FEC of the OSU 110. If the adaptive FEC control unit 161 increases the number of downlink FEC OFF OSUs 110 with a high downlink transmission rate and reduces the number of downlink FEC OFF OSUs 110 with a low downlink transmission rate, the total downlink rate of the entire system is maximized. The overall system performance can be improved.

  An example algorithm is shown below. If the calculation time is not particularly problematic, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 generates all combinations of wavelengths to be allocated to the ONU 20. The adaptive FEC control unit 161 excludes combinations in which the number of ONUs 20 assigned to one wavelength exceeds the upper limit number of one OSU 110 when the upper limit number of ONUs 20 connected to one OSU 110 is determined. May be.

  Then, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines that the OSU 110 having the wavelength to which at least one ONU 20 that needs downstream FEC ON is allocated is the OSU 110 that is downstream FEC ON, and sets other OSUs 110 as OSUs 110 that are downstream FEC OFF. It is determined that there is.

  Then, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 calculates a downlink total rate that is the sum of the downlink transmission rate by the downlink FEC ON OSU 110 and the downlink transmission rate by the downlink FEC OFF OSU 110, and the calculated downlink total rate is maximized. The wavelength combination is determined to be a wavelength combination that maximizes the number of OSUs 110 that can be set to downstream FEC OFF.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 holds in advance a downlink transmission rate when the OSU 110 is set to downlink FEC ON and a downlink transmission rate when the OSU 110 is set to downlink FEC OFF.

  After step S103, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines whether the determined combination of wavelengths and the downlink FEC setting status of the OSU 110 are different from the current setting with reference to the ONU management table 166 and the FEC management table 165. (S104). If they are different, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 proceeds to S105, and otherwise, ends the process shown in FIG. 7 (S109).

  Next, when the wavelength combination determined in step S103 and the setting of the OSU 110 are changed, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines whether the downlink total rate is improved (S105). Specifically, when the downlink total rate based on the combination determined in step S103 is larger than the downlink total rate in the current setting (see the ONU management table 166 and the FEC management table 165), the adaptive FEC control unit 161 The process moves to S106, and in other cases, the process shown in FIG. 7 ends (S109).

  In step S106, the DWA control unit 162 determines the ONU 20 whose wavelength is changed in order to change the combination determined in step S103, and issues a wavelength switching instruction to the corresponding ONU 20. Thereafter, when the DWA control unit 162 receives a notification of the end of wavelength switching, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 proceeds to S107.

  After step S106, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 instructs the OSU 110 to change the setting to the FEC setting determined in step S103 (S107). Specifically, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 instructs the PHY processing unit 130 of the OSU 110 to switch between the value of the PHY header on the transmission side and the operation of the FEC encoder 132. Here, the traffic control unit 163 issues an instruction to the NNI unit 180 to set the bandwidth in the changed downstream FEC application state.

  After step S107, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 updates the values of the ONU management table 166 and the FEC management table 165 to the wavelength combination and FEC setting determined in step S103 (S108). When the update process is completed, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 ends the process illustrated in FIG. 7 (S109).

  By the processing shown in FIG. 7, the OLT control unit 160 can determine and change the wavelength of the ONU 20 and the setting of the downlink FEC of the OSU 110 so that the downlink total rate is maximized based on the communication quality of each ONU 20. It is.

(Wavelength assignment algorithm)
In the above-described example, when the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines the wavelength of the ONU 20, the number of OSUs 110 set to downlink FEC OFF or the downlink total rate is calculated for all patterns of the set wavelength of the ONU 20. The algorithm for selecting the pattern with the maximum downlink total rate has been described.

  When this algorithm is used, there may be a plurality of patterns with the maximum downlink total rate. When there are a plurality of patterns, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 calculates an average downlink effective rate obtained by dividing the effective rate of downlink communication at each wavelength by the number of ONUs 20 belonging to that wavelength, and calculates the calculated average downlink execution rate. A pattern that minimizes the difference between wavelengths may be selected. The adaptive FEC control unit 161 may select a pattern that minimizes the number of times of switching wavelengths.

  Moreover, although the algorithm which selects one from all the patterns was demonstrated, it is not limited to this.

  Specifically, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may use an algorithm that determines the wavelength of the ONU 20 with a smaller amount of calculation. Specifically, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 classifies the ONUs 20 into a group A that can communicate with downlink FEC OFF and a group B that cannot communicate with downlink FEC OFF, and the wavelength in which the group A and the group B are mixed is the same. The wavelength of the ONU 20 may be assigned to be one or zero.

  Here, for example, when there are 60 ONUs 20 in group A and 4 ONUs 20 in group B, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 sets the wavelength of the ONU 20 in group B to the same wavelength (for example, λ1), and The number of ONUs 20 belonging to each wavelength may be determined so that the difference in average effective rate is small (so as to be included in the range of the predetermined difference), and the wavelength of the ONU 20 in group B may be assigned based on the number of ONUs 20 .

  As another example, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may determine the downlink FEC OFF OSU 110 that accommodates only the ONUs 20 of the group A using the upper limit number of ONUs 20 with which the OSU 110 normally communicates. Then, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may similarly determine the downstream FEC ON OSU 110 that accommodates only the group B ONUs 20.

  If there is an ONU 20 that does not fit in the upper limit number of OSUs 110 among the ONUs 20 in the group A and the ONUs 20 in the group B, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 accommodates the ONU 20 in the group A and the ONU 20 in the group B in a mixed manner. The OSU 110 may be defined and determined as the downstream FEC ON OSU 110.

(Wavelength assignment sequence)
FIG. 8 is a sequence diagram illustrating a wavelength dynamic allocation process according to the first embodiment.

  In the process shown in FIG. 8, 64 units of ONU 20 # 1 to ONU 20 # 64 are connected to the OLT 10, and as a result of the process shown in FIG. 7, the wavelength of the ONU 20 # 1 is switched, and the OSU 110 # The setting of 1 downstream FEC is changed. Further, the OLT 10 periodically acquires the downlink BER value from the ONU 20 and executes the processing shown in FIG. In the following, processing is shown in chronological order.

  First, when the OLT control unit 160 detects a trigger such as reaching a predetermined cycle, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 registers a DS-BER REQUEST that is a message requesting measurement of a downlink BER value. It transmits to all ONU20 (SIG101-1-SIG101-64). In SIG 101-1 to SIG 101-64 shown in FIG. 8, since ONU 20 # 1 to ONU 20 # 64 are already registered, adaptive FEC control unit 161 transmits DS-BER REQUEST to these ONUs 20.

  Next, when the ONU 20 # 1 to ONU 20 # 64 receives the DS-BER REQUEST, the BER management unit 251 measures the downlink BER value, and outputs a DS-BER REPORT that is a message for notifying the measured downlink BER value. (SIG102-1 to SIG102-64).

  Next, when the OLT 10 receives the DS-BER REPORT from all the ONUs 20, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 assigns each ONU 20 by the downstream BER value of each ONU 20 acquired from these messages and the processing shown in FIG. The wavelength is determined, and the OSU 110 that changes the setting of the downlink FEC is determined (190). Here, the ONU 20 that switches the wavelength is the ONU 20 # 1.

  Next, the DWA control unit 162 of the OLT 10 transmits a λ-tuning REQUEST that is a wavelength switching instruction message to the wavelength switching target ONU 20 # 1 (SIG103). When receiving the λ-tuning REQUEST, the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 of the ONU 20 # 1 adjusts the wavelength according to the received message. When the wavelength adjustment is completed, the wavelength control unit 252 transmits a λ-tuning REPORT, which is a message notifying the end of wavelength switching, to the OLT 10 (SIG104).

  Next, if the adaptive FEC control unit 161 of the OLT 10 confirms the end of wavelength switching of the ONU 20 # 1 that is the target of wavelength switching, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 instructs the OSU 110 # 1 in the OLT 10 to apply the downlink FEC of the OSU 110 # 1. Change the setting.

  According to this wavelength switching sequence, the OLT 10 acquires the downstream BER value from the ONU 20, determines the ONU 20 wavelength based on the acquired downstream BER value, and executes the wavelength switching of the ONU 20 and the setting change of the downstream FEC. it can.

(DS-BER message format)
Information stored in the DS-BER REQUEST and the DS-BER REPORT will be described.

  The DS-BER REQUEST only needs to include the message type of the content requesting the downlink BER value, and may include a field including other content.

  DS-BER REPORT may include a downlink BER value or a value corresponding thereto in addition to a message type for notifying a downlink BER value, and may include a field including other contents. For example, the DS-BER REPORT may store the number of received bits and the number of error bits measured by the ONU 20 instead of storing the downlink BER value.

(Processing at wavelength allocation and specific example)
A specific example of Example 1 will be described in comparison with a conventional example. Here, the number of OSUs 110 included in the OLT 10 is four, and the number of ONUs 20 connected to the OLT 10 is 64. Then, the four ONUs 20 # 1 to # 4 are installed at positions exceeding the limit (downlink FEC OFF limit) that can be communicated by the downlink FEC OFF in the downlink communication, and the 60 ONUs 20 # 5 to # 64 are downlink FEC OFF. It is installed at a position closer to the OLT 10 than the communication limit.

  The downlink transmission rate when the OSU 110 is downlink FEC ON is 8.7 Gbps, and the downlink transmission rate when the OSU 110 is downlink FEC OFF is 10 Gbps.

  FIG. 22 is a block diagram showing the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process of the conventional example.

  FIG. 22 shows a downlink transmission rate when a wavelength is assigned without considering the communication quality of the ONU 20. For example, in FIG. 22, ONU 20 # 1 is assigned to wavelength λ1, ONU 20 # 2 is assigned to wavelength λ2, ONU 20 # 3 is assigned to wavelength λ3, and ONU 20 # 4 is assigned to wavelength λ4.

  Further, ONUs 20 # 5 to # 19 are assigned to wavelength λ1, ONUs 20 # 20 to # 34 are assigned to wavelength λ2, ONUs 20 # 35 to # 49 are assigned to wavelength λ3, and ONUs 20 # 50 to # 64 are assigned to wavelength λ4. Assigned to. In this case, one ONU 20 installed at a position exceeding the downstream FEC OFF limit is assigned to all wavelengths (OSU 110) one by one.

  For this reason, all of the OSUs 110 # 1 to 110 # 4 need to communicate with the downstream FEC turned on. Therefore, the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication is zero, and the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC ON to downlink communication is four. As a result, the total downlink rate is 34.8 Gbps (= 8.7 Gbps × 4 units).

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a downlink transmission rate according to the wavelength assignment process of the first embodiment.

  When the process shown in FIG. 7 is executed, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 assigns wavelengths so as to maximize the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication in consideration of the communication quality of the ONU 20. As a result of the processing shown in FIG. 7, the adaptive FEC controller 161 assigns the wavelength λ1 to the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16, assigns the wavelength λ2 to the ONUs 20 # 17 to # 32, and assigns the wavelength λ3 to the ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48. The wavelength λ4 is assigned to the ONUs 20 # 49 to # 64.

  The OSU 110 # 1 having the wavelength λ1 has four kitchens belonging to the kitchen where the downstream FEC OFF limit is exceeded, and the other OSUs 110 # 2 to # 4 are closer to the OLT 10 than the downstream FEC OFF limit. Only the ONU 20 installed in For this reason, the OSU 110 # 1 needs to apply downlink FEC ON to downlink communication, but the OSUs 110 # 2 to # 4 can apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication.

  Therefore, the number of OSUs 110 set to downlink FEC OFF is three, and the number of OSUs 110 set to downlink FEC ON is one. As a result, the downlink total rate in FIG. 9 is 38.7 Gbps (= 8.7 Gbps × 1 unit + 10 Gbps × 3 units), and the downlink transmission rate is 11.2% higher than the downlink total rate shown in FIG. .

  As described above, according to the first embodiment, it is possible to increase the number of OSUs 110 that operate with downlink FEC OFF and to improve the downlink transmission rate of the entire system.

  In the first embodiment, assuming that the optical transceivers 120 of all the OSUs 110 have the same performance, based on the downlink communication quality for each ONU 20, the ONUs 20 that need to communicate with the downlink FEC ON are aggregated. The wavelength of each ONU 20 was assigned.

  However, when the output power and extinction ratio of the optical transceiver 120 are different for each OSU 110, the downlink FEC OFF limit is different for each OSU 110. In the second embodiment, the wavelength to be assigned to the ONU 20 is determined based on the performance of the optical transceiver 120 for each OSU 110 in addition to the communication quality for each ONU 20. Below, it demonstrates centering on the difference with Example 1. FIG.

(ONU management table 166b of the second embodiment)
FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the ONU management table 166b according to the second embodiment.

  Similar to the ONU management table 166a according to the first embodiment, the ONU management table 166b is included in the OLT control unit 160. In the first embodiment, there is no difference in performance of the optical transceiver 120 for each OSU 110 and a difference in loss due to a communication path, and the downlink BER of all the OSUs 110 is the same. Therefore, the ONU management table 166a has one downlink BER value for one identifier of the ONU 20.

  The second embodiment has a difference in performance between the optical transceiver 120 of the OSU 110 and a loss due to a communication path. For this reason, the ONU management table 166b includes the downlink BER value for each OSU 110 in one identifier of the ONU 20. Specifically, the ONU management table 166b includes an ONU-ID 1661 and a wavelength ID 1663, like the ONU management table 166a.

  The ONU management table 166b includes a DS-BER 1662b including a plurality of downlink BER values. The DS-BER 1662b shown in FIG. 10 includes a downlink BER value (DS-BER # 1) when connected to the OSU 110 # 1, a downlink BER value (DS-BER # 2) when connected to the OSU 110 # 2, and the OSU 110 # 3. And the downlink BER value (DS-BER # 4) when connected to the OSU 110 # 4.

  For example, when the ONU 20 is initially registered, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 connects the ONU 20 that is initially registered and all the OSUs 110 to measure the downlink BER value, and the DS-BER 1662b of the ONU management table 166b. The measured value may be input to. Further, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may input the measurement value acquired in advance before the ONU 20 provides the service to the terminal 50 to the DS-BER 1662b.

  Further, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 acquires the downlink BER value in the connection between the ONU 20 and the specific OSU 110 only, estimates the downlink BER value in the other OSU 110 based on the performance of the optical transceiver 120 of the OSU 110, and estimates The downlink BER value thus obtained may be input to the DS-BER 1662b.

  For example, the DWA control unit 162 executes discovery only with the OSU 110 with the lowest performance (here, for example, OSU 110 # 4), and the adaptive FEC control unit 161 sets the newly registered ONU 20 (new ONU 20) to the OSU 110 #. The downstream BER value is measured between 4 and the new ONU 20. The downlink BER value measured here is the largest value (bad communication quality) among all the OSUs 110.

  For this reason, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines the downlink BER value between the new ONU 20 and the OSU 110 # 4, the performance difference of the optical transceiver 120, the downlink BER value assumed by the optical transceiver 120 of the ONU 20, and the received light power. The downlink BER value in another OSU 110 may be estimated based on

  When the downlink BER value between the OSU 110 # 4 and the new ONU 20 is zero, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 estimates that the downlink BER value between the other OSU 110 and the new ONU 20 is also zero. The adaptive FEC controller 161 may store the received light power level, eye opening, or OSNR measured by the ONU 20 in the ONU management table 166b instead of the downstream BER value.

  In addition, when the communication path between the OLT 10 and the ONU 20 differs depending on the wavelength, but the performance of the optical transceiver 120 for each OSU 110 is the same, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 sets a round trip time representing a distance instead of communication quality, It may be stored in the ONU management table 166b.

(Flow chart of the OLT control unit 160 of the second embodiment)
The flow of processing by the OLT control unit 160 of the second embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 7 of the first embodiment, but differences in processing at each step will be described below. In step S101, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 according to the second embodiment acquires the downlink BER value when all the OSUs 110 and the ONUs 20 are connected, instead of the downlink BER value of one OSU 110.

  In step S102, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines whether each of the OSUs 110 can communicate with the ONU 20 with downstream FEC OFF based on the downstream BER value for each ONU 20 and for each OSU 110 acquired in step S101. Here, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines whether or not communication is possible with downlink FEC OFF by comparing a predetermined threshold value for each OSU 110 with the downlink BER value.

  In step S103, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 executes the same processing as in the first embodiment, but uses the ONU management table 166b illustrated in FIG. 10 when determining the wavelength combination and the downlink FEC setting. Here, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 minimizes the number of wavelengths allocated to the ONU 20 that cannot communicate with all the OSUs 110 when the downlink FEC is OFF, and sets the number of wavelengths allocated to the ONU 20 that can communicate with any of the OSUs 110 when the downlink FEC is OFF. The wavelength combination and the downlink FEC setting are determined so as to maximize.

  In addition, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may assign wavelengths to the ONUs 20 that can communicate with any of the OSUs 110 by downlink FEC OFF by the following method.

  That is, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 may determine that the wavelength of the OSU 110 having the lowest performance is assigned to the OLT 10 among the OSUs 110 determined to be communicable with downlink FEC OFF. Thereby, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 can distribute and assign the ONUs 20 between the OSUs 110 that set the downlink FEC OFF, and can improve the effective rate for each OSU 110.

  The processing from step S104 to step S109 in the second embodiment is the same as the processing shown in FIG.

  According to the processing in the second embodiment, even when the same ONU 20 has different downlink communication quality for each OSU 110, it is possible to assign wavelengths so as to maximize the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication.

(Wavelength assignment sequence of Example 2)
The wavelength switching sequence of the second embodiment is the same as the sequence shown in FIG. However, in the second embodiment, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 acquires downlink BER values for all combinations of the OSU 110 and the ONU 20. Therefore, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 requests the downlink BER value for the number of OSUs 110 by transmitting the DS-BER REQUEST of the SIG 101, and the ONU 20 notifies the downlink BER value for the number of OSUs 110 by the DS-BER REPORT. To do.

(ONU 20 of Example 2)
The BER management unit 251 of the ONU 20 according to the second embodiment has a function of measuring and holding the downlink BER value for each OSU 110. Further, the BER management unit 251 according to the second embodiment receives a request for a downlink BER value (DS-BER REQUEST) of a plurality of OSUs 110 and notifies a message (DS-BER REPORT) of a downlink BER value of the plurality of OSUs 110. Send.

(OLT10 of Example 2)
The adaptive FEC control unit 161 of the OLT 10 according to the second embodiment has a function of storing the downlink BER value for each number of OSUs 110 in the ONU management table 166b. Also, a DS-BER REQUEST for a plurality of OSUs 110 is transmitted, and a DS-BER REPORT for a plurality of OSUs 110 is received.

(Processing at the time of wavelength assignment of Example 2 and specific example)
An example of the processing of the second embodiment is shown below. Here, the OST 110 included in the OLT 10 is four, and the number of ONUs 20 connected to the OLT 10 is 64. In addition, the performance is low in the order of OSU110 # 1, OSU110 # 2, OSU110 # 3, and OSU110 # 4.

  Sixteen units of ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16 are installed between the downlink FEC OFF communication limit in communication with OSU 110 # 1 and the downlink FEC OFF communication limit in communication with OSU 110 # 2.

  Further, 16 units of ONUs 20 # 17 to # 32 are installed between the downlink FEC OFF limit in communication with OSU 110 # 2 and the downlink FEC OFF limit in communication with OSU 110 # 3. Further, 16 units of ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48 are installed between the downlink FEC OFF limit in communication with OSU 110 # 3 and the downlink FEC OFF limit in communication with OSU 110 # 4. In addition, 16 units of ONUs 20 # 49 to # 64 are installed at positions closer to the OLT 10 than the downlink FEC OFF limit in communication with the OSU 110 # 4.

  When the OSU 110 applies downlink FEC ON to downlink communication, the downlink communication transmission rate is 8.7 Gbps. When the OSU 110 applies downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication, the downlink communication transmission rate is 10 Gbps.

  FIG. 23 is a block diagram showing the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process when the OSU 110 of the conventional example has a difference in performance.

  A wavelength is assigned to the ONU 20 illustrated in FIG. 23 without considering the communication quality of the ONU 20 and the performance difference of the optical transceiver 120 for each OSU 110. As a result, ONUs 20 # 1- # 16 are assigned to wavelength λ2, ONUs 20 # 17- # 32 are assigned to wavelength λ3, ONUs 20 # 33- # 48 are assigned to wavelength λ4, and ONUs 20 # 49- # 64 are assigned wavelengths. assigned to λ1.

  In this case, the wavelength λ2 is assigned to the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16, and the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16 are installed at a long distance from the OLT 10 from the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 2. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 2 needs to be downstream FEC ON. The ONUs 20 # 17 to # 32 are assigned the wavelength λ3, and are installed at a distance from the OLT 10 from the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 3. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 3 needs to be downstream FEC ON.

  Further, since the wavelength λ4 is assigned to the ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48 and the ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48 are installed at a far distance from the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 4, the OSU 110 # 4 needs to be downstream FEC ON. The ONUs 20 # 49 to # 64 have a wavelength λ1, and are installed at positions closer to the OLT 10 than the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSUI 110 # 4. On the other hand, the OSU 110 # 1 can apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication.

  Accordingly, the number of OSUs 110 that are downstream FEC OFF is one, and the number of OSUs 110 that are downstream FEC ON is three. As a result, the total downlink rate is 36.1 Gbps (= 8.7 Gbps × 3 + 10 Gbps × 1).

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram illustrating a downlink transmission rate according to the wavelength assignment process of the second embodiment.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 according to the second embodiment assigns a wavelength so as to maximize the number of OSUs 110 that are in the downstream FEC OFF in consideration of the communication quality of the ONU 20 and the performance difference of the optical transceiver 120 for each OSU 110. As a result, the adaptive FEC controller 161 assigns the wavelength λ1 to the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16, assigns the wavelength λ2 to the ONUs 20 # 17 to # 32, assigns the wavelength λ3 to the ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48, and sets the ONU 20 # 49 to The wavelength λ4 is assigned to # 64.

  In this case, the wavelength λ1 is assigned to the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16, and the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 16 are installed at positions closer to the OLT 10 than the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 1. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 1 can apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication. Further, the ONUs 20 # 17 to # 32 are assigned a wavelength λ2, and are installed at positions closer to the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 2. Therefore, the OSU 110 # 2 can apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication.

  Further, the wavelength λ3 is assigned to the ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48, and the ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48 are installed at positions closer to the OLT 10 than the downstream FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 3. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 3 applies downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication. The ONUs 20 # 49 to # 64 are assigned the wavelength λ4 and are installed at positions closer to the OLT 10 than the downlink FEC OFF limit of the OSU 110 # 4. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 4 can apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication.

  Therefore, the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication is four, and the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC ON to downlink communication is zero. As a result, the total downlink rate is 40.0 Gbps (= 10 Gbps × 4). Therefore, the total downlink rate is improved by 10.8% compared to the conventional example.

  As described above, according to the second embodiment, even in the case where the downlink communication quality is different for each OSU 110 even in one ONU 20, it is possible to assign wavelengths so as to maximize the number of OSUs 110 that are FEC OFF, and as a result, The downlink transmission rate can be improved.

  In the first embodiment, the combination of wavelengths to be assigned to each ONU 20 and the setting of the downlink FEC are determined based only on the communication quality of the ONU 20. When a large number of ONUs 20 are assigned to a specific wavelength, an unfairness occurs in the band that can be used depending on the wavelength to which it belongs. Therefore, in the third embodiment, wavelength allocation to each ONU 20 is determined based on the downstream traffic amount of the ONU 20 in addition to the communication quality of the ONU 20.

(ONU management table 166c of the third embodiment)
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the ONU management table 166c according to the third embodiment.

  The ONU management table 166c of the third embodiment includes an ONU-ID 1661c, a DS-BER 1662c, a downlink traffic amount 1664c, and a wavelength ID 1663c. The ONU-ID 1661c, DS-BER 1661c, and wavelength ID 1663c are the same as the ONU-ID 1661a, DS-BER 1661a, and wavelength ID 1663a of the first embodiment.

  The downlink traffic amount 1664c is the amount of traffic transmitted from the OLT 10 to the ONU 20.

For example, the downlink BER value acquired from the ONU 20 # 1 is 1 × 10 ⁻⁴ , the traffic amount addressed to the ONU 20 # 1 is 1000, and the wavelength assigned to the ONU 20 # 1 is λ1.

  When the ONU 20 is newly registered, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 adds an entry of the ONU management table 166c. The adaptive FEC control unit 161 updates the value of this table every time the downstream BER value is measured from each ONU 20. In the first embodiment, the OLT control unit 160 determines a wavelength (wavelength ID) to be assigned to each ONU 20 based on the ONU-ID 1661c and DS-BER 1662c in this table. The downlink traffic amount 1664c may store a value measured in units of bytes or a value measured in the number of frames.

  Note that the OLT 10 of the third embodiment needs to measure downlink traffic for each ONU 20. The NNI unit 180 according to the third embodiment may include a counter that measures downlink traffic, and the MAC processing unit 140 of the OSU 110 according to the third embodiment may include a counter. The OLT control unit 160 acquires these counter values and stores them in the downlink traffic amount 1664c of the ONU management table 166c.

(Flowchart of OLT control unit 160 of Embodiment 3)
FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating processing performed by the OLT control unit 160 according to the third embodiment.

  In addition to the same processing as in the first embodiment, the OLT control unit 160 in the third embodiment executes wavelength allocation processing based on the traffic volume. Specifically, the OLT control unit 160 determines whether or not the process to be executed this time is an FEC control phase for determining the setting of the downlink FEC (S300). For example, the OLT control unit 160 determines that it is the FEC control phase once every 1000 times, and determines that it is not the FEC control phase for the remaining 999 times.

  When the OLT control unit 160 determines that it is in the FEC control phase, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 executes the processing (step S101 to step S108) illustrated in FIG.

  When the OLT control unit 160 determines that it is not in the FEC control phase, the DWA control unit 162 executes wavelength allocation processing based on the traffic volume. Specifically, the DWA control unit 162 refers to the DS-BER 1662c of the ONU management table 166c, and identifies the ONU 20 that can perform downlink communication by setting the downlink FEC OFF (S309).

  Next, the DWA control unit 162 determines a wavelength to be assigned to the ONU 20 based on the downstream traffic volume 1664c of the ONU 20 identified in step S309 (S310). Here, the DWA control unit 162 may use any wavelength assignment algorithm for assigning wavelengths.

  For example, in step S310, the DWA control unit 162 may use an algorithm that assigns wavelengths so that the total amount of downlink traffic output from the OSU 110 is even (within a predetermined range) among the OSUs 110. Thereby, the unfairness of the band between ONU20 can be reduced.

  Further, the DWA control unit 162 may assign a wavelength so as to assign more ONUs 20 that communicate with each other OSU 110 than any other OSU 110 in accordance with an instruction from a system administrator or the like.

  After step S310, the DWA control unit 162 performs wavelength switching based on the determined wavelength (S311). Next, the DWA control unit 162 updates the wavelength ID 1663c of the ONU management table 166c based on the determined wavelength (S312). After step S312, the OLT control unit 160 returns to the process of step S300.

  By the processing of FIG. 13, the OLT control unit 160 can simultaneously eliminate the unfairness of the band between wavelengths in a state where the ONUs 20 whose downlink BER values are not good are aggregated to a specific wavelength (OSU 110). is there.

  According to the third embodiment, while increasing the number of OSUs 110 that are in downlink FEC OFF, the downlink total rate is improved, and further, by reducing the unfairness of the bandwidth between the ONUs 20, the wavelength of the wavelength according to need is increased. Reassignment can be realized.

  The OLT control unit 160 may apply the third embodiment to the second embodiment when the OLT 10 includes a plurality of OSUs 110 having the same communication quality (the same downlink FEC limit) and a plurality of OSUs 110 having one communication quality. Good. In step S310, the DWA control unit 310 may change the wavelength allocated to the ONU 20 in the OSU 110 having the same communication quality.

  The OSU 110 according to the first embodiment switches the setting to only two types of downstream FEC ON / OFF. The OSU 110 according to the fourth embodiment switches and sets three types of downstream FEC types. The downlink FEC type in the fourth embodiment is a type determined by the strength of the downlink FEC process.

  Here, the FEC type can be switched between three types of FEC intensities: strong FEC ON (Strong FEC ON), weak FEC ON (Weak FEC ON), and downstream FEC OFF (OFF). Here, it is assumed that the optical transceivers 120 of all the OSUs 110 have the same performance. Below, it demonstrates centering on the difference with Example 1. FIG.

(FEC management table 165d of the fourth embodiment)
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram illustrating the FEC management table 165d according to the fourth embodiment.

  The FEC management table 165d of the fourth embodiment includes OSU-ID 1651d and DS-FEC 1652d. The OSU-ID 1651d is the same as the OSU-ID 1651a of the first embodiment.

  DS-FEC1652d indicates the FEC intensity. The DS-FEC1652d stores three types of values: Strong FEC ON, Weak FEC ON, and OFF.

  According to the FEC management table 165d shown in FIG. 14, the downlink FEC type of OSU 110 # 1 is strong FEC ON, the downlink FEC type of OSU 110 # 2 is weak FEC ON, and OSU 110 # 3 and OSU 110 # 4 are Downlink FEC OFF is applied to the downlink signal. In this example, three downlink FEC types are shown. However, DS-FEC1652d may store values indicating N downlink FEC types.

(Flowchart of OLT control unit 160 of Example 4)
FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating processing of the OLT control unit 160 according to the fourth embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 15, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 according to the fourth embodiment executes processing similar to the processing shown in FIG. 7 according to the first embodiment. Steps S101 and S104 to S109 shown in FIG. 15 are the same as Steps S101 and S104 to S109 shown in FIG. The difference between the process shown in FIG. 15 and the process shown in FIG. 7 will be described below.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines whether ONU 20 # i can communicate with strong FEC ON, weak FEC ON, or FEC OFF based on BER (i) acquired in step S101 (S402).

  For example, when the BER (i) is smaller than the predetermined threshold 1, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines that the ONU 20 from which the BER (i) is acquired can communicate with the downstream FEC OFF. When BER (i) is between the predetermined threshold value 1 and the predetermined threshold value 2, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 can communicate with the ONU 20 from which the BER (i) is acquired with weak FEC ON. Is determined. When the BER (i) is larger than the threshold 2, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines that the ONU 20 from which the BER (i) is acquired can communicate with the strong FEC ON.

  After step S402, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines the combination of wavelengths of the ONU 20 that maximizes the total downlink rate and the setting of the downlink FEC in the OSU 110, based on which downlink FEC type each ONU 20 can communicate with. S403). The downlink FEC setting determined in step S403 is a downlink FEC type.

  Any algorithm may be used to determine this combination. For example, if the calculation time is not particularly problematic, an algorithm may be used that calculates the total downlink communication rate for all combinations of wavelengths set in each ONU 20 and selects the one that maximizes the downlink total rate.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 minimizes the wavelength allocated to the ONU 20 that can communicate with strong FEC ON, minimizes the number of wavelengths allocated to the ONU 20 that can communicate with weak FEC ON, and communicates with FEC OFF. By maximizing the number of wavelengths to be allocated, the combination of wavelengths and the FEC setting that maximize the downlink total rate are determined.

  Further, in step S403, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 performs grouping according to the downlink FEC types that can be communicated, and assigns each group to the ONU 20 by dividing each group according to the upper limit number of ONUs 20 that can be communicated by one OSU 110. The wavelength may be determined. Here, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines the wavelength so as to reduce the pattern in which the ONUs 20 of different groups are assigned to one wavelength as much as possible.

  In step S104 of the fourth embodiment, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines to set the OSU 110 to which at least one ONU 20 capable of communicating with strong FEC ON is assigned to strong FEC ON. In step S107 of the fourth embodiment, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 instructs the OSU 110 about the downlink FEC type determined in step S403.

  According to the flowchart shown in FIG. 15, even when three types of downlink error correction codes can be switched in the OSU 110, it is possible to assign wavelengths so as to maximize the total rate of downlink communication. Here, the case of three types has been described as an example, but the same can be applied to the case of four or more types.

(Wavelength assignment sequence of Example 4)
The wavelength switching sequence of the fourth embodiment is the same as the sequence shown in FIG.

(OLT10 of Example 4)
The PHY processing unit 130, the L2SW 170, and the NNI unit 180 in the first embodiment correspond to two types of downlink FECs, but the PHY processing unit 130, the L2SW 170, and the NNI unit 180 in the fourth example correspond to the number of downlink FEC types of the OSU 110 ( N)) corresponding to downstream FEC.

  The PHY frame generation unit 131 of the PHY processing unit 130 according to the fourth embodiment stores N types of values as the FEC profile values. The FEC encoder 132 of the PHY processing unit 130 supports not only downstream FEC ON / OFF but also N different downstream FECs.

  For this reason, the FEC encoder 132 includes, for example, three types of processing circuits: a path for processing strong FEC encoding, a path for encoding weak FEC, and a path through the encoding. Is switched based on an instruction from the adaptive FEC control unit 161.

  In addition, the L2SW 170 and the NNI unit 180 each have a traffic control function suitable for the rates at the time of strong FEC, weak FEC, and downstream FEC OFF.

  The FEC encoder 132 according to the fourth embodiment may include, for example, a Reed-Solomon (255, 223) encoder and a Reed-Solomon (255, 239) encoder. As other methods, downlink FEC having different error correction capabilities may be realized by changing the number of repeated transmissions of the number of FEC CWs 36, thinning out parity information in the FEC CWs 36, or the like.

(ONU 20 of Example 4)
The PHY processing unit 130 according to the first embodiment supports two types of switching, that is, downstream FEC ON and downstream FEC OFF, but the ONU 20 according to the fourth embodiment corresponds to N types of downstream FEC.

  The PHY frame terminating unit 233 of the PHY processing unit 130 can analyze the values of N types of FEC profiles. Further, the FEC decoder 134 of the PHY processing unit 130 supports not only downlink FEC ON / OFF but also three different types of downlink FECs. For example, a path for processing strong FEC decoding, decoding for weak FEC There are three types of processing circuits, a path for processing the conversion and a path through the decoding, and the path is switched based on the value of the FEC profile analyzed by the PHY frame termination unit 233.

  The FEC decoder 134 according to the fourth embodiment may include, for example, an FEC decoder 134 of Reed-Solomon (255, 223) and an FEC decoder 134 of Reed-Solomon (255, 239). In addition, the FEC decoder 134 according to the fourth embodiment may support downlink FECs having different error correction capabilities by changing the number of FEC CWs 36 that are repeatedly transmitted or by thinning out the parity information in the FEC codeword.

(Processing and specific example of wavelength allocation in Example 4)
A specific example of Example 4 will be described in comparison with the conventional example. Here, the number of OSUs 110 included in the OLT 10 is 4, and the number of ONUs 20 connected to the OLT 10 is 16. 4 units of ONU 20 # 1 to # 4 are installed at a distance farther from OLT 10 than the position of the limit of weak FEC ON (weak FEC communication limit), and 4 units of ONU 20 # 5 to # 8 are weak FEC communication limit and FEC It is installed between the limit positions of communication by OFF (downlink FEC OFF limit), and the four ONUs 20 # 9 to # 16 are installed at positions closer to the OLT 10 than the downlink FEC OFF limit.

  Also, the downlink transmission rate when the OSU 110 applies strong FEC ON to downlink communication is 8.7 Gbps, and the downlink transmission rate when weak FEC ON is applied to downlink communication is 9.4 Gbps, and downlink FEC OFF Is applied to downlink communication, the downlink transmission rate is 10 Gbps.

  FIG. 24 is a block diagram showing a downlink transmission rate by wavelength allocation processing that does not consider the communication quality of the conventional example.

  In FIG. 24, ONUs 20 # 1, # 5, # 9, and # 13 are assigned to wavelength λ1, and ONUs 20 # 2, # 6, # 10, and # 14 are assigned to wavelength λ2, and ONUs 20 # 3, # 7, and # 13 are assigned to wavelength λ2. 11 and # 15 are assigned to the wavelength λ3, and ONUs 20 # 4, # 8, # 12, and # 16 are assigned to the wavelength λ4.

  The ONU 20 # 1 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ1 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 due to the weak FEC communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 1 needs to apply strong FEC ON to downlink communication.

  The ONU 20 # 2 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ2 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 due to the weak FEC communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 2 needs to apply strong FEC ON to downlink communication.

  The ONU 20 # 3 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ3 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 due to the weak FEC communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 3 needs to apply strong FEC ON to downlink communication.

  The ONU 20 # 4 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ4 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 due to the weak FEC communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 4 needs to apply strong FEC ON to downlink communication.

  Therefore, the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication is zero, and the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC ON to downlink communication is four. As a result, the total downlink rate is 34.8 Gbps (= 8.7 Gbps × 4).

  FIG. 16 is a block diagram illustrating a downlink transmission rate according to the wavelength assignment process of the fourth embodiment.

  The adaptive FEC control unit 161 according to the fourth embodiment assigns wavelengths so as to maximize the total downlink rate in consideration of the communication quality of the ONU 20. As a result, the adaptive FEC controller 161 assigns the wavelength λ1 to the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 4, assigns the wavelength λ2 to the ONUs 20 # 5 to # 8, assigns the wavelength λ3 to the ONUs 20 # 9 to # 12, and sets the ONUs 20 # 13 to The wavelength λ4 is assigned to # 16.

  In this case, since all of the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 4 are further away from the OLT 10 than the weak FEC communication limit, the OSU 110 # 1 applies the strong FEC ON to the downlink communication. Further, since all of the ONUs 20 # 5 to # 8 are between the weak FEC communication limit and the downlink FEC OFF limit, the OSU 110 # 2 applies the weak FEC ON to the downlink communication.

  Further, since all of the ONUs 20 # 9 to # 16 are closer to the OLT 10 than the downlink FEC OFF limit, the OSU 110 # 3 and the OSU 110 # 4 apply the downlink FEC OFF to the downlink communication.

  Accordingly, the number of OSUs 110 that apply downlink FEC OFF to downlink communication is two, the number of OSUs 110 that apply weak FEC ON to downlink communication is one, and the number of OSUs 110 that apply strong FEC ON to downlink communication is one. It is. As a result, the total downlink rate is 38.1 Gbps (10 Gbps × 2 + 9.4 Gbps × 1 + 8.7 Gbps × 1). Therefore, the downstream rate can be improved by 10.9% compared to the conventional example.

  Thus, according to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to assign wavelengths so that communication can be performed at a larger downlink rate, and as a result, the downlink transmission rate can be improved.

  The OLT control unit 160 may apply the third embodiment to the fourth embodiment. Specifically, the third embodiment may be applied to the fourth embodiment by replacing steps S102 and S103 illustrated in FIG. 13 with steps S402 and S403 illustrated in FIG.

  The OLT control unit 160 may apply the second embodiment to the fourth embodiment. Specifically, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 uses the ONU management table 166b of the second embodiment to determine whether communication is possible with strong FEC ON, weak FEC ON, or communication with FEC OFF in step S402. judge.

  Then, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 assigns the wavelength of the OSU 110 that can communicate with FEC OFF to the ONU 20 that can communicate with FEC OFF in any OSU 110. Further, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 assigns the wavelength of the OSU 110 that can communicate with the weak FEC ON to the ONU 20 determined to be communicable with all the OSUs 110 with the strong FEC ON or the weak FEC ON. Further, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 assigns the wavelength of the OSU 110 that can communicate with the weak FEC ON to the ONU 20 determined to be able to communicate with all the OSUs 110 with the strong FEC ON.

  After assigning as described above, the adaptive FEC control unit 161 determines the combination of wavelengths and the FEC setting that maximize the downlink total rate in step S403.

  In the first to fourth embodiments, the downstream FEC setting can be dynamically changed. This embodiment can also be applied to a system in which the transmission rate itself can be changed instead of dynamically changing the downlink FEC setting. Therefore, the OLT 10 according to the fifth embodiment performs wavelength allocation so that the number of OSUs 110 to be processed with a high transmission rate R_high increases in a system in which two types of downlink transmission rates (R_high, R_low) can be selected.

(OLT10 of Example 5)
FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the OLT 10 according to the fifth embodiment.

  Differences between the OLT 10 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 2 and the OLT 10 of the fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 17 are shown below. That is, the OLT 10 according to the fifth embodiment is different from the OLT 10 according to the first embodiment in that the OSU 110 includes the variable rate optical transceiver 125 and the OLT control unit 160 includes the adaptive rate control unit 164 and the rate management table 167. . In other respects, the OLT 10 of the first embodiment and the OLT 10 of the fifth embodiment are the same.

  The variable-rate optical transceiver 125 is an optical transceiver that can dynamically change the transmission rate on the transmission and reception sides. For example, the variable rate optical transceiver 125 can switch the transmission rate between 10 Gbps and 2.5 Gbps. The variable-rate optical transceiver 125 includes, for example, optical transceivers that can operate at a plurality of transmission rates. The transmission rate can be switched by selecting and transmitting and receiving optical signals.

  Alternatively, the variable rate optical transceiver 125 may switch the transmission rate by switching the modulation method, symbol rate, and number of subcarriers used for optical transmission. Note that the variable-rate optical transceiver 125 switches the number of subcarriers when an OFDM signal is used.

  The adaptive rate control unit 164 acquires the communication quality and distance for each ONU 20, determines the downlink transmission rate at which communication is possible based on them, and issues an instruction for changing the downlink transmission rate to the OSU 110 based on the determined result. . When the downlink transmission rate is switched by changing the modulation scheme, the symbol rate, and the number of subcarriers, the adaptive rate control unit 164 may issue an instruction to change those information.

(ONU 20 of Example 5)
FIG. 18 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the ONU 20 according to the fifth embodiment.

  Similar to the ONU 20 of the first embodiment, the ONU 20 of the fifth embodiment includes a MAC processing unit 240 and an ONU control unit 250. The ONU 20 according to the fifth embodiment includes a wavelength / rate variable optical transceiver 215 and a PHY processing unit 235, unlike the variable wavelength optical transceiver 210 and the PHY processing unit 230 according to the first embodiment.

  The PHY processing unit 235 includes a PHY frame generation unit 236, an FEC encoder 237, a PHY frame termination unit 238, and an FEC decoder 239. Hereinafter, functions of each device and each processing unit according to the fifth embodiment will be described focusing on differences from the first embodiment.

  The wavelength / rate variable optical transmitter / receiver 215 is an optical transmitter / receiver that can individually adjust the transmission wavelength and the reception wavelength, and can select and transmit optical signals of a plurality of transmission rates. Although the rate is fixed in the first embodiment, the wavelength / rate variable optical transceiver 215 can change the transmission rate in the fifth embodiment.

  The wavelength / rate variable optical transceiver 215 includes, for example, optical transceivers capable of transmitting and receiving at two types of rates, and can change the transmission rate by selecting and using them. Alternatively, the wavelength / rate variable optical transmitter / receiver 215 may change the transmission rate by using an optical transmitter / receiver that can change the modulation method used for transmission / reception in the optical section.

  The wavelength / rate variable optical transceiver 215 includes a circuit capable of detecting the reception rate, and changes the transmission rate by switching processing of the optical receiver based on the detection circuit.

  Here, the wavelength / rate variable optical transmitter / receiver 215 includes a circuit for detecting a rate therein, and the wavelength / rate variable optical transmitter / receiver 215 switches the transmission rate itself, but is not necessarily limited thereto. For example, a transmission rate switching instruction may be issued from the ONU control unit 250. However, in this case, the ONU control unit 250 needs to receive a downlink transmission rate switching instruction from the OLT 10 in advance.

  According to the configuration of the ONU 20 of the fifth embodiment, the wavelength of the transmission unit and the wavelength of the reception unit of the wavelength tunable optical transceiver 210 can be switched based on the wavelength switching control frame received from the OLT 10. Further, the ONU 20 according to the fifth embodiment can measure the downlink BER and notify the OLT 10 thereof. Further, the ONU 20 according to the fifth embodiment can receive downlink signals having different transmission rates.

(ONU management table 166 of the fifth embodiment)
The ONU management table 166 provided in the OLT 10 of the fifth embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment.

(Rate management table 167)
The OLT control unit 160 according to the first embodiment has the FEC management table 165, but the OLT control unit 160 according to the fifth embodiment has a rate management table 167. The rate management table 167 indicates a downlink transmission rate that is a transmission rate of the downlink signal.

  FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of the rate management table 167 according to the fifth embodiment.

  The rate management table 167 includes an OSU-ID 1671 and a DS rate 1672. The OSU-ID 1671 indicates an identifier of the OSU 110. The DS rate 1672 indicates a downlink transmission rate.

  According to the rate management table 167 shown in FIG. 19, the downlink transmission rate of the OSU 110 # 1 is R_low, and the downlink transmission rates of the OSUs 110 # 2 to # 4 are R_high. R_low indicates a low downlink transmission rate, and R_high indicates a high downlink transmission rate.

(Flowchart of OLT control unit 160 of embodiment 5)
FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating the processing of the OLT control unit 160 according to the fifth embodiment.

  The process shown in FIG. 20 corresponds to the process shown in FIG. However, the process shown in FIG. 20 is mainly executed by the adaptive rate control unit 164. The difference in processing between the first embodiment and the fifth embodiment is that the adaptive FEC control unit 161 of the first embodiment determines the setting of the downlink FEC, but the adaptive rate control unit 164 of the fifth embodiment determines the downlink transmission rate. It is a point to do. Hereinafter, each step in Example 5 will be described.

  The adaptive rate control unit 164 acquires BER (i), which is the downlink measured bit error rate of the ONU 20 # i, as in step S101 of FIG. 7 (S501).

  Next, the adaptive rate control unit 164 determines whether the ONU 20 # i can communicate with R_high or R_low based on the acquired value of BER (i) (S502). Here, for example, the adaptive rate control unit 164 determines that communication is possible with R_high when BER (i) is smaller than a predetermined threshold set in advance, and communication with R_low is possible when BER (i) is larger.

  Next, the adaptive rate control unit 164 determines the combination of the wavelengths of the ONUs 20 that maximize the number (number of wavelengths) of the OSUs 110 that are R_high and the transmission rate of the OSUs 110 based on whether each ONU 20 can communicate with R_high. The setting is determined (S503). Any algorithm may be used to determine this combination. For example, if the calculation time is not particularly problematic, an algorithm may be used that calculates a downlink total rate for all combinations of wavelengths set in each ONU 20 and selects a combination of wavelengths that maximizes the total rate.

  Next, the adaptive rate control unit 164 determines whether or not the combination determined in step S503 is different from the current setting based on the rate management table 167 and the ONU management table 166 (S504). If they are different, the adaptive rate control unit 164 proceeds to step S505, and otherwise the process shown in FIG.

  Next, the adaptive rate control unit 164 executes the same process as step S105 shown in FIG. 7 (S505). Specifically, when the downlink total rate based on the combination determined in step S503 is larger than the downlink total rate in the current setting (see the ONU management table 166 and the rate management table 167), the adaptive rate control unit 164 The process moves to S506, and otherwise, the process shown in FIG. 20 is terminated (S509).

  Next, in step S506, the DWA control unit 162 issues the wavelength switching instruction to the ONU 20 by executing the same processing as in step S106 shown in FIG. Thereafter, when the end of wavelength switching is received, the adaptive rate control unit 164 executes S507.

  The adaptive rate control unit 164 instructs the downlink transmission rate to be set to the OSU 110 that changes the downlink transmission rate (S507). Specifically, the adaptive rate control unit 164 instructs the variable rate optical transceiver 125 of the OSU 110 to switch the transmission rate. In addition, here, the traffic control unit 163 instructs the NNI unit 180 to set a band corresponding to the transmission rate after the setting change.

  After step S507, the adaptive rate control unit 164 updates the rate management table 167 and the ONU management table 166 based on the combination of wavelengths determined in step S503 and the setting of the downlink transmission rate. When the update process ends, the flowchart ends (S509).

  With the processing shown in FIG. 20, it is possible to determine and change the combination of the wavelengths of the ONU 20 and the setting of the downlink transmission rate of the OSU 110 so as to maximize the total downlink rate based on the communication quality and distance for each ONU 20. is there.

(Wavelength assignment sequence of Example 5)
The wavelength switching sequence in the system of the fifth embodiment is the same as the sequence shown in FIG. However, in the sequence according to the fifth embodiment, the process of determining and changing the downlink FEC setting in the sequences 190 and 191 is replaced with the process of determining and changing the setting of the downlink transmission rate.

(Processing and specific example of wavelength assignment in Example 5)
A specific example of Example 5 will be described in comparison with the conventional example. Here, the number of OSUs 110 included in the OLT 10 is four, and the number of ONUs 20 connected to the OLT 10 is 64. The four ONUs 20 # 1 to # 4 are at a distance farther from the OLT 10 than the limit position (10G rate communication limit) at which communication can be performed at the 10G rate. Further, 60 units of ONU 20 # 5 to # 19, ONU 20 # 20 to # 34, ONU 20 # 35 to # 49, and ONU 20 # 50 to # 64 are at a distance closer to OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. R_low is 2.5 Gbps, and R_high is 10 Gbps.

  FIG. 25 is a block diagram showing the downlink transmission rate by the wavelength allocation process when the downlink transmission rate between the OSUs 110 of the conventional example is the same.

  In FIG. 25, wavelengths are assigned without considering the communication quality and distance of the ONU 20. Here, ONU 20 # 1 and ONU 20 # 5 to # 19 are assigned to wavelength λ1, ONU 20 # 2 and ONU 20 # 20 to # 34 are assigned to wavelength λ2, and ONU 20 # 3 and ONU 20 # 35 to # 49 are assigned. The wavelength λ3 is assigned, and the ONU 20 # 4 and ONUs 20 # 50 to # 64 are assigned to the wavelength λ4.

  In this case, the ONU 20 # 1 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ1 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 1 needs to communicate at 2.5 Gbps.

  The ONU 20 # 2 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ2 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. For this reason, OSU 110 # 2 needs to communicate at 2.5 Gbps.

  The ONU 20 # 3 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ3 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. For this reason, OSU 110 # 3 needs to communicate at 2.5 Gbps.

  The ONU 20 # 4 is the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ4 is assigned, and is far from the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 4 needs to communicate at 2.5 Gbps.

  Therefore, the number of OSUs 110 that set the downlink transmission rate to the 10G rate is 0, and the number of OSUs 110 that set the downlink transmission rate to the 2.5G rate is four. As a result, the total downlink rate is 10 Gbps (= 2.5 Gbps × 4).

  FIG. 21 is a block diagram illustrating a downlink transmission rate according to the wavelength assignment process of the fifth embodiment.

  In the fifth embodiment, the wavelength is assigned in consideration of the communication quality and distance of the ONU 20. Therefore, the adaptive rate control unit 164 assigns the wavelength λ1 to the ONU 20 # 1-16, assigns the wavelength λ2 to the ONU 20 # 17-32, assigns the wavelength λ3 to the ONU 20 # 33-48, and assigns the wavelength λ1 to the ONU 20 # 49-64. Assign.

  In this case, the ONUs 20 # 1 to # 4 are at the farthest distance among the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ1 is assigned, and are further away from the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. For this reason, the OSU 110 # 1 needs to communicate at 2.5 Gbps.

  The ONUs 20 # 17 to # 32 are all the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ2 is assigned, and are closer to the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. Therefore, the OSU 110 # 2 can communicate at 10 Gbps.

  The ONUs 20 # 33 to # 48 are all the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ3 is assigned, and are closer to the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. Therefore, the OSU 110 # 3 can communicate at 10 Gbps.

  The ONUs 20 # 49 to # 64 are all the ONUs 20 to which the wavelength λ4 is assigned, and are closer to the OLT 10 than the 10G rate communication limit. Therefore, the OSU 110 # 4 can communicate at 10 Gbps.

  Therefore, the number of OSUs 110 that sets the downlink transmission rate to the 10G rate is three, and the number of OSUs 110 that sets the downlink transmission rate to the 2.5G rate is one. As a result, the total downlink rate is 32.5 Gbps (= 2.5 Gbps × 1 + 10 Gbps × 3).

  As described above, according to the fifth embodiment, even in an optical access system with variable downlink transmission rate and capable of wavelength multiplexing, it is possible to assign wavelengths so as to maximize the number of OSUs 110 communicating at a high transmission rate. The rate can be improved.

  The OLT control unit 160 may apply the fifth embodiment to the second, third, and fourth embodiments by replacing the downlink FEC setting with the transmission rate setting.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to an above-described Example, Various modifications are included. For example, the above-described embodiments have been described in detail for easy understanding of the present invention, and are not necessarily limited to those having all the configurations described. Further, a part of the configuration of one embodiment can be replaced with the configuration of another embodiment, and the configuration of another embodiment can be added to the configuration of one embodiment. In addition, it is possible to add, delete, or replace another configuration for a part of the configuration of each embodiment.

  Each of the above-described configurations, functions, processing units, and the like may be realized by hardware by designing a part or all of them with, for example, an integrated circuit. Each of the above-described configurations, functions, and the like may be realized by software by interpreting and executing a program that realizes each function by the processor. Information such as a program, a table, or a file that realizes each function can be placed in a recording device such as a memory, a hard disk, or an SSD (Solid State Drive), or a recording medium such as an IC card or an SD card.

  Further, the control lines and the information lines indicate what is considered necessary for the explanation, and not all the control lines and information lines on the product are necessarily shown. In practice, it may be considered that almost all the components are connected to each other.

  In the above embodiment, the service to be accommodated is not considered, but wavelength allocation may be performed in consideration of the service to be accommodated. For example, for an ONU 20 that is used for a service that does not allow frame loss at all, even if wavelength allocation is performed by setting a downstream FEC ON and setting a constraint condition that always allocates a fixed wavelength without allowing wavelength switching. Good.

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Claims (15)

A network system,
A plurality of subscriber devices, and a station-side device that communicates with the plurality of subscriber devices,
The station side device
Communicate with the plurality of subscriber devices using a plurality of wavelengths;
Applying a communication control method for each wavelength assigned to the plurality of subscriber devices for downlink communication from the station side device to the plurality of subscriber devices,
Obtaining the communication quality of the downlink communication for each subscriber device;
A first candidate of the communication control method is determined for a subscriber apparatus whose acquired communication quality is poor compared to a predetermined standard,
A second candidate of a communication control method for applying a transmission rate higher than that of the first candidate to downlink communication to a subscriber apparatus whose acquired communication quality may be compared with the predetermined standard,
So as to minimize the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber device to which the first candidate is defined is assigned, and to maximize the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber device to which the second candidate is assigned is assigned. Assigning a plurality of subscriber units to the plurality of wavelengths;
Applying the first candidate as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength assigned to a subscriber apparatus in which the first candidate is defined,
A network system, wherein the second candidate is applied as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength that is not assigned to a subscriber apparatus for which the first candidate is determined. The network system according to claim 1,
The first candidate is performing forward error correction;
The network system according to claim 2, wherein the second candidate is non-execution of the forward error correction. The network system according to claim 1,
The station-side device uses a first communication quality of downlink communication when communicating with the subscriber device using a first wavelength, and a downlink when communicating with the subscriber device using a second wavelength. Obtain a second communication quality of communication,
The second communication quality is worse than the first communication quality,
The station side device
If the acquired first communication quality is better than the predetermined reference and the acquired second communication quality is lower than the predetermined reference, the first wavelength is assigned to the subscriber unit; and Determining the second candidate for the subscriber unit;
If the acquired second communication quality is better than the predetermined reference, the second wavelength is assigned to the subscriber device, and a second candidate is determined for the subscriber device. system. The network system according to claim 1,
The station side device
Obtaining the traffic volume for each subscriber unit;
A network system, wherein a wavelength assigned to a subscriber apparatus for which the second candidate is determined is changed based on the acquired traffic volume. The network system according to claim 4, wherein
The station side device
The network assigned to the subscriber apparatus in which the second candidate is determined is changed so that the total traffic volume of the subscriber apparatus assigned to the wavelength is included in a predetermined range. system. The network system according to claim 1,
The first candidate is to transmit downlink communication at a first transmission rate;
The network system characterized in that the second candidate is to transmit downlink communication at a second transmission rate higher than the first transmission rate. The network system according to claim 1,
The station side device
Requesting the plurality of subscriber units to measure a bit error rate in the downlink communication;
The network system, wherein the bit error rate is acquired from the plurality of subscriber devices as information indicating the communication quality. The network system according to claim 1,
The station side device
As information indicating the communication quality, obtain the distance between the station side device and the plurality of subscriber devices,
If the acquired distance is longer than a predetermined threshold, it is determined that the acquired communication quality is poor compared to a predetermined standard;
When the acquired distance is shorter than the predetermined threshold, it is determined that the acquired communication quality may be compared with the predetermined reference. The network system according to claim 8, wherein
The network system characterized in that the distance is a round trip time between the station-side device and the plurality of subscriber devices. A station side device,
Communicate with multiple subscriber devices using multiple wavelengths,
Applying a communication control method for each wavelength assigned to the plurality of subscriber devices for downlink communication from the station side device to the plurality of subscriber devices,
Obtaining the communication quality of the downlink communication for each subscriber device;
A first candidate of the communication control method is determined for a subscriber apparatus whose acquired communication quality is poor compared to a predetermined standard,
A second candidate of a communication control method for applying a transmission rate higher than that of the first candidate to downlink communication to a subscriber apparatus whose acquired communication quality may be compared with the predetermined standard,
So as to minimize the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber device to which the first candidate is defined is assigned, and to maximize the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber device to which the second candidate is assigned is assigned. Assigning a plurality of subscriber units to the plurality of wavelengths;
Applying the first candidate as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength assigned to a subscriber apparatus in which the first candidate is defined,
A station-side apparatus, wherein the second candidate is applied as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength that is not assigned to a subscriber apparatus for which the first candidate is determined. The station side device according to claim 10,
The first candidate is performing forward error correction;
The station-side apparatus, wherein the second candidate is non-execution of the forward error correction. The station side device according to claim 10,
The station-side device uses a first communication quality of downlink communication when communicating with the subscriber device using a first wavelength, and a downlink when communicating with the subscriber device using a second wavelength. Obtain a second communication quality of communication,
The second communication quality is worse than the first communication quality,
The station side device
If the acquired first communication quality is better than the predetermined reference and the acquired second communication quality is lower than the predetermined reference, the first wavelength is assigned to the subscriber unit; and Determining the second candidate for the subscriber unit;
If the acquired second communication quality is better than the predetermined standard, the second wavelength is assigned to the subscriber device, and a second candidate is determined for the subscriber device. Side device. The station side device according to claim 10,
Obtaining the traffic volume for each subscriber unit;
A station-side apparatus, wherein a wavelength assigned to a subscriber apparatus for which the second candidate is determined is changed based on the acquired traffic volume. The station side device according to claim 13,
A station that changes a wavelength assigned to a subscriber apparatus in which the second candidate is determined so that a total amount of traffic of the subscriber apparatuses assigned to the wavelength is included in a predetermined range. Side device. A communication method using a network system,
The network system includes a plurality of subscriber devices and a station-side device that communicates with the plurality of subscriber devices,
The station side device has a processor and a memory,
The communication method is:
The processor communicates with the plurality of subscriber devices using a plurality of wavelengths;
The processor applies a communication control method for each wavelength assigned to the plurality of subscriber devices in downlink communication from the station side device to the plurality of subscriber devices,
The processor acquires the communication quality of the downlink communication for each subscriber device;
The processor determines a first candidate for the communication control method for a subscriber device whose acquired communication quality is poor compared to a predetermined standard,
The processor determines a second candidate of a communication control method for applying a transmission rate higher than that of the first candidate to downlink communication to a subscriber device whose acquired communication quality may be compared with the predetermined criterion,
The processor minimizes the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber unit for which the first candidate is defined is assigned, and maximizes the number of wavelengths to which the subscriber unit for which the second candidate is defined. Assigning the plurality of subscriber devices to the plurality of wavelengths,
The processor applies the first candidate as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength assigned to a subscriber apparatus for which the first candidate is determined;
The communication method, wherein the processor applies the second candidate as the communication control method to communication using a wavelength that is not assigned to a subscriber apparatus for which the first candidate is determined.

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