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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 11, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
David Boertjes, Ottawa, CA;
Loren Berg, Richmond, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04J 14/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04B 10/0775 (2013.01); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04J 14/021 (2013.01); H04J 14/0276 (2013.01); H04J 14/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of loading a fiber optic transport system includes adding one or more control channels to an optical fiber having one or more channels, wherein each of the control channels comprises a pair of signals that are cross-polarized and each of the pair of signals is at a different frequency from one another; measuring optical power on the optical fiber; and adjusting optical power of the one or more control channels based on the measured optical power.