| Presentation | 2005/2/11 Development of Automated Optical Fiber Cross-connect Equipment Masato MIZUKAMI, Mitsuhiro MAKIHARA, Kunihiko SASAKURA, |
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| Abstract(in English) | Conventionally, in intelligent buildings in a metropolitan area network and in small-scale facilities in the optical access network, optical connectors are joined manually using an optical connection board and a patch panel. In this manual connection, mistakes occur due to discrepancies between the actual physical settings of the connections and their management because these processes are independent. This reduces reliability. Moreover, manual cross-connection is time-consuming and expensive because maintenance personnel must be dispatched to remote places to correct mistakes. We have developed automatic optical fiber cross-connect equipment that provides automatic cross-connection among any of 200 pairs of input and output optical fibers using a fiber-handling robot. This equipment allows the cross-connection and management of optical fibers in networks in intelligent buildings and optical access networks to be performed by remote control. We evaluated the performance of the equipment such as optical characteristics, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), earthquake-proof requirements and environmental specifications. The evaluation results confirm that the automated optical fiber cross-connect equipment is suitable for practical use in intelligent buildings and optical access networks. |
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| Keyword(in English) | Optical fiber / Optical cross-connection / Automation / Robot |
| Paper # | R2004-57,EMD2004-99 |
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| Conference Date | 2005/2/11(1days) |
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| Language | JPN |
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| Title (in English) | Development of Automated Optical Fiber Cross-connect Equipment |
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| Keyword(1) | Optical fiber |
| Keyword(2) | Optical cross-connection |
| Keyword(3) | Automation |
| Keyword(4) | Robot |
| 1st Author's Name | Masato MIZUKAMI |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories() |
| 2nd Author's Name | Mitsuhiro MAKIHARA |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories |
| 3rd Author's Name | Kunihiko SASAKURA |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | NTT Microsystem Integration Laboratories |
| Date | 2005/2/11 |
| Paper # | R2004-57,EMD2004-99 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.104 |
| Number (no) | 660 |
| Page | pp.pp.- |
| #Pages | 6 |
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