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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2017
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Jean-Luc Archambault, Ottawa, CA;
Jun Bao, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Balakrishnan Sridhar, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
An optical module includes an optical amplifier configured to amplify Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) channels transmitted on a fiber; and an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) configured to transmit an OTDR signal on the fiber and detect a back-scattered signal based thereon to test the fiber, wherein a wavelength of the OTDR signal is one of i) between one or more wavelengths associated with the optical amplifier and one or more wavelengths associated with the WDM channels and ii) greater than the one or more wavelengths associated with the WDM channels, for in-service operation of the OTDR.