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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2019
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventor:
Paul Chedore, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/2581 (2013.01); G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); G02B 6/4286 (2013.01); H04B 10/2581 (2013.01); H04B 2210/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical module includes a plurality of ports configured to connect to a multi-fiber cable that includes transmit fibers and receive fibers therein for the plurality of ports; a detector for each of the plurality of ports configured to detect loss of signal at a port level; and a processor configured to perform automatic power reduction only for affected ports of the multi-fiber cable that have a detected loss of signal. The multi-fiber cable can be an MPO cable.