Optical exchange for wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network, and optical exchange method for WDM network

摘要

An optical exchange for a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network performs a switching operation on a plurality of optical signals, which are input via a plurality of input ports, and outputs the resulting optical signals to a plurality of output ports, which are allocated to the input ports, by making deflection the optical signal; target amounts of the deflection to which the respective input optical signals are stored. The deflection is made using a switching controller, which reads out the target amount of deflection for such destination-of-switching output port with respect to such object-of-switching port, and controlling the deflection in such a manner that the individual input optical signals are deflected based on the respective target amounts of deflection. And during the switching, the power-level controller performs a feedback control for adjusting a power level of the individual deflected output optical signal to a target power level.