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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2024
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Marco Menchetti, London, GB;
Daniel Gilks, London, GB;
Fraser Ashley Burton, London, GB;
Liam William Bussey, London, GB;
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.