Device and method for detecting received optical power in optical communication network

Abstract

A device and a method for detecting received optical power in an optical communication network, the device mainly including: an optical splitter for separating a part from an uplink optical signal received by an optical receiver in the optical communication network and transferring the part of optical signal to a photoelectric converter; the photoelectric converter for converting the received optical signal transferred from the optical splitter into a current or voltage signal and transferring the current or voltage signal to a logic control circuit; and the logic control circuit for judging the received current or voltage signal transferred from the photoelectric converter according to a set threshold to determine whether the received optical power of the optical receiver in the optical communication network overloads, and for outputting a corresponding control signal.

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