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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 26, 2023
Applicant:

British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;

Inventors:

Marco Menchetti, London, GB;

Daniel Gilks, London, GB;

Fraser Ashley Burton, London, GB;

Liam William Bussey, London, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/2507 (2013.01); H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/27 (2013.01); H04B 10/2507 (2013.01);
Abstract

This disclosure provides an optical network, and a method in an optical network, wherein: each reference optical transmitter is configured to transmit a reference optical signal on an associated second optical fiber of a plurality of second optical fibers, each reference error signal generator is configured to generate a reference error signal based on a reflection of the reference optical signal on the associated second optical fiber of the plurality of second optical fibers, and each reference phase shifter is configured to apply a phase shift to the first optical signal based on the reference error signal.


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