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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Fabio Bottoni, Milan, IT;
Alessandro Cavaciuti, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/69 (2013.01); H04B 10/2581 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/6971 (2013.01); H04B 10/2581 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01);
Abstract
Presented herein are methodologies for using legacy optical fiber for 10 Gigabit Ethernet or higher data rates. The methodology includes obtaining an electrical signal derived from optical-to-electrical conversion of an optical signal that was transmitted over, and received from, an optical fiber; and applying an equalization process to the electrical signal, wherein the equalization process is of a type that is designed to equalize received signals that were transmitted via a copper cable.