Wireless tuning and reconfiguration of network units including optoelectronic components
US7794157B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2009 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 26, 2029 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/40
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for monitoring conditions or adjusting a communications transmission characteristic, such as the optical wavelength, in a network unit such as a server, data storage unit, router, or switch, using a portable terminal having wireless RF communications capability. In one embodiment, the network unit has a tunable laser subassembly for converting and coupling an information-containing electrical signal with an optical fiber for transmitting an optical signal. The portable terminal may utilize an RFID interrogator, and the network unit may have a dynamic RFID tag to communicate identification and status information.
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