Secured fiber link system
US10784969B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2018 |
| Grant date | Sep 22, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 14, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/25
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for securing communication over an optical fiber are disclosed. The system includes a transmit spatial multiplexer configured to couple optical signals into spatial paths of an optical fiber, a first of the plurality of optical signals is an optically modulated version of a desired sequence of information that is intended to be transferred over the optical fiber and it is coupled into a first of the spatial paths; a second one of the plurality of optical signals is an optical chaff signal and it is coupled into a second spatial path different from the first one, and a third optical signal is an optical signal for use by an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) that is coupled into one of the spatial paths of the optical fiber, whereby a tap along the fiber cannot determine the transmitted desired sequence of information.
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