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Apparatus and method for commissioning an optical transmission system

US7646983B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc. · US

Inventors

Michael Vaa · Little Silver, US
Franklin W. Kerfoot, III · Middletown, US
Georg Heinrich Mohs · East Brunswick Township, US
Ekaterina A. Golovchenko · Colts Neck Township, US
Robert Lynch · Raleigh, US
Stuart M. Abbott · Marlboro, US
Howard D. Kidorf · Red Bank, US
Bamdad Bakhshi · New York, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 10, 2009
Grant date	Jan 12, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 10, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B6/02214
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus and method directed to testing and optimizing performance of an optical transmission system is disclosed, including at least one broadband dispersion compensation unit (DCU) or at least one depolarization device. The depolarization device may be used alone or in combination with the at least one broadband DCU. A method for optimizing performance of data channels in initial loading (IL) and full loading (FL) configurations of the optical transmission system is also disclosed.

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