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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2021
Applicant:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Luis Alberto Campos, Superior, CO (US);
Zhensheng Jia, Superior, CO (US);
Haipeng Zhang, Broomfield, CO (US);
Mu Xu, Broomfield, CO (US);
Junwen Zhang, Broomfield, CO (US);
Assignee:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/0773 (2013.01); H04B 10/0775 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber-optic network that uses as a hybrid telecommunication and sensing system when telecommunication signals and probe signals are transmitted across a shared fiber strand in either a co-propagated or counter-propagated direction is disclosed. Probe signals generated by a sensing termination system and/or by one or more end devices are used to analyze conditions affecting network hardware and/or events occurring within the fiber distribution area.