Patent ID: 9537599
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04J,H04Q

Claim:
1. An optical transmitter comprising: an amplifying unit that amplifies optical signals in which an optical packet signal is mixed in optical path signals; a monitor that monitors power of the optical signals related to an input stage and an output stage of the amplifying unit; an identifying unit that identifies an optical packet signal section on the input stage side in which the optical packet signal exists in the optical signals based on the monitoring result of the power of the optical signal on the input stage side, identifies the optical packet signal section on the output stage side based on the monitoring result of the power of the optical signal on the output stage side, identifies an optical path signal section on the input stage side in which no optical packet signal exists in the optical signal based on the monitoring result of the power of the optical signal on the input stage side, and identifies the optical path signal section on the output stage side based on the monitoring result of the power of the optical signal on the output stage side; and a controlling unit that compares the power in the optical packet signal section on the input stage side identified by the identifying unit with the power in the optical packet signal section on the output stage side identified by the identifying unit, controls an amplification factor of the amplifying unit based on the comparison result, compares the power in the optical path signal section on the input stage side with the power in the optical path signal section on the output stage side, and controls the amplification factor of the amplifying unit based on the comparison result, when the optical path signal section is identified by the identifying unit.