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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2016
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Vinay Sawal, Fremont, CA (US);
Marimuthu Sakthivel, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Shubhang Chaudhary, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method includes monitoring a parameter of an optical signal transmitted between two endpoints via an optical fiber. The optical fiber may be manipulated to modulate the parameter without disconnecting either endpoint of the optical fiber. Data in accordance with the modulation of the monitored parameter may be identified. A portion of the optical fiber may be wrapped around a high order mode filter (HOMF) that includes a grooved cylinder or mandrel suitable for wrapping the optical fiber. The monitored parameter may include a received power parameter. The HOMF may be a variable diameter HOMF that can be transitioned between a wrapped or attenuating diameter and an unwrapped or non-attenuating diameter in accordance with a data pattern. The wrapped and unwrapped diameters may be defined relative to a threshold diameter, above which the monitored parameter may be independent of the diameter.