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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Neptune Subsea Ip Limited, London, GB;
Inventors:
Stephen Michael Webb, Gravesend, GB;
Wayne S Pelouch, McKinney, TX (US);
Do-Il Chang, Allen, TX (US);
John G. Ellison, Colchester, GB;
Assignee:
Neptune Subsea IP Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/071 (2013.01); H04B 10/073 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/071 (2013.01); H04B 10/0731 (2013.01); H04B 10/0777 (2013.01); H04B 10/80 (2013.01);
Abstract
A submarine optical repeater includes a submarine amplifier module, which further includes a pumping laser module and an optical detector module. The pumping laser module generates optical amplifications within an optical cable, and, in the case of a fault in the optical cable, the optical detector module detects at least one characteristic of an optical signal caused by the fault in the optical cable. This configuration then identifies a particular signal characteristic that indicates a fault within the optical cable.