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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2018
Neptune Subsea Ip Limited, London, GB;
Stephen Desbruslais, London, GB;
Alistair Hill, Leybourne, GB;
Neptune Subsea IP Limited, London, GB;
Abstract
An optical communications apparatus includes a subsea cable, first and second landing stations, a splitter/combiner unit connected to an end of the subsea cable, and first and second legs connecting the splitter/combiner unit to the first and second landing stations, respectively. Each of the subsea cable and first and second legs includes an optical fiber configured to carry optical communications and an electrical conductor configured to carry electrical power. The splitter/combiner unit is configured to duplicate optical signals carried by the subsea cable in both the first and second legs. The first and second legs are configured to provide redundant electrical power connections to the subsea cable via the splitter/combiner unit.