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Feeder fiber and central office redundancy

US10050708B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Google LLC · US

Inventors

Liang Du · Atlanta, US
Yut Loy Chan · San Jose, US
Xiangjun Zhao · Fremont, US
Changhong Joy Jiang · Zhejiang, CN
Cedric Fung Lam · Milpitas, US
Daoyi Wang · San Jose, US
Tao Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 20, 2016
Grant date	Aug 14, 2018
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04J14/0291
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A carrier office includes an optical line terminal, a first transmit-erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA), and a second transmit-EDFA. The OLT is configured to transmit first and second optical signals. The first transmit-EDFA is optically coupled to the OLT and a first feeder fiber, and the first feeder fiber is optically coupled to a first remote node (RN). The first transmit-EDFA is operable between a respective enabled state and a respective disabled state. The second transmit-EDFA is optically coupled to the OLT and a second feeder fiber, and the second feeder fiber is optically coupled to a second RN. The second transmit-EDFA is operable between a respective enabled state and a respective disabled state.

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