Optical transmission line monitoring apparatus
US6201599A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 2, 1998 |
| Grant date | Mar 13, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 2, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/272
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus for monitoring and measuring condition of a plurality of optical transmission lines individually according to this invention comprises at least one reflecting means having a predetermined reflection bandwidth arranged on each of said optical transmission lines; an optical pulse tester for outputting probe pulse light having predetermined wavelength in the reflection bandwidth of said reflecting means, and analyzing the reflected light of said probe pulse light in a time domain; optical coupling means for adding said probe pulse light from said optical pulse tester and a signal light, and coupling it to each of optical transmission lines through optical dividing means, along with coupling the reflected light of said probe pulse light to said optical pulse tester; and a plurality of optical filters arranged on the input end of each of said optical transmission lines for transmitting wavelength of signal light to be transmitted on their respective optical transmission lines and the predetermined wavelengths to be reflected on the reflection means on corresponding optical transmission lines. The predetermined wavelengths of a plurality of optical filters are different from…
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