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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2021
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Choudhury A. Al Sayeed, Stittsville, CA;
Bing Liu, Kanata, CA;
Damian Flannery, Ottawa, CA;
Jean-Luc Archambault, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
Optical line amplifiers with on-board controllers and supervisory devices for controlling optical line amplifiers are provided for controlling bootstrap or power-up procedures when optical line amplifiers are initially installed in an optical communication network. The controllers may include non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to store computer logic having instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processing devices to block an input to one or more gain units of the line amplifier and cause the line amplifier to operate in an Amplified Spontaneous Emission (ASE) mode. In response to a detection of a valid power level of the line amplifier, the instructions can further cause the one or more processing devices to switch the line amplifier from the ASE mode to a regular mode and unblock the input to the one or more gain units of the line amplifier to allow operation of the line amplifier in the regular operating mode.