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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
May. 15, 2019
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for characterizing an optical fiber performed in part by an optical node () in an optical line system () include performing one or more measurements to characterize the optical fiber () with one or more components () at the optical node (), wherein the one or more components () perform functions during operation of the optical node () and are reconfigured to perform the one or measurements independent of the functions; and configuring the optical node () for communication over the optical fiber () based on the one or more measurements. The one or more components can include any of an Optical Service Channel (OSC), an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), and an optical amplifier. The configuring can include setting a launch power into the optical fiber based on the one or more measurements.