Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical test device and systems
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Application No.: US15263169Application Date: 2016-09-12
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Publication No.: US09673896B2Publication Date: 2017-06-06
- Inventor: Jeffrey K. Storey , John F. Waters , Andrew Dugan , Salvador Paredes , Gary Ratterree
- Applicant: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Applicant Address: US CO Broomfield
- Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee: Level 3 Communications, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Broomfield
- Main IPC: H04B10/08
- IPC: H04B10/08 ; H04B10/079 ; H04B10/077 ; G02B6/293 ; H04Q11/00 ; H04B10/035 ; H04J14/02

Abstract:
Systems, methods, and devices are disclosed for monitoring optical communications between a managed location and a remote location. In particular, an optical signal is transmitted over an optical fiber and passed-through a test device. A portion of the optical signal is filtered from the original optical signal and passed to a monitoring unit. The monitoring unit may instruct one or more switches in the test device to loop the optical signal back toward the managed location. Subsequently, testing and monitoring may be performed at the managed location. The device may provide a test output or may transmit the information to the managed location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160380695A1 OPTICAL TEST DEVICE AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2016-12-29
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