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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2020
Nec Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Ting Wang, West Windsor, NJ (US);
Ming-Fang Huang, Princeton, NJ (US);
Tiejun Xia, Richardson, TX (US);
Glenn Wellbrock, Wylie, TX (US);
Yaowen Li, Princeton, NJ (US);
Philip Ji, Princeton, NJ (US);
VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure describe optical fiber sensing systems, methods and structures disclosing a distributed fiber sensor network constructed on an existing, live network, data carrying, optical fiber telecommunications infrastructure to detect temperatures, acoustic effects, and vehicle traffic—among others. Of particular significance, sensing systems, methods, and structures according to aspects of the present disclosure may advantageously identify specific network locations relative to manholes/handholes and environmental conditions within those manholes/handholes namely, normal, flooded, frozen/iced, etc.