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Optical communication reception system

US9285267B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

Soeren Gehrke · Nuremberg, DE
Theodor Kupfer · Feucht, DE
James Whiteaway · Sawbridgeworth, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 3, 2014
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B10/61
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system configured to maintain a consistent local-oscillator-power-to-primary-signal-power ratio (LO/SIG ratio). The system may be configured to: receive the voltages for a plurality of optical signal components split from a combined SIG and LO signal; determine individual factors for the plurality of optical signal components; average the individual factors; determine whether the averaged output is less than an existing minimum reference value for a variable optical attenuator; determine whether the averaged output is greater than an existing maximum reference value for the variable optical attenuator; change the existing minimum reference value to a new value associated with the averaged output, due to determining that the averaged output is less than the existing minimum reference value; change the existing maximum reference value to a new value associated with the averaged output, due to determining that the averaged output is greater than the existing maximum reference value; and change a new value associated with the averaged output to be transmitted to the variable optical attenuator.

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