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System and method for performing in-service optical fiber network certification

US8655166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Alexander Soto · San Diego, US
Walter Soto · Irvine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 23, 2011
Grant date	Feb 18, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04J14/0273
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for performing an in-service optical time domain reflectometry test, an in-service insertion loss test, and an in-service optical frequency domain reflectometry test using a same wavelength as the network communications for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber networks while maintaining continuity of network communications are disclosed.

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