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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2023
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Fanqi Kong, Nepean, CA;
Michael Reimer, Stittsville, CA;
Maurice O'sullivan, Ottawa, CA;
Michael Y. Frankel, Hallandale Beach, FL (US);
Assignee:
CIENA CORPORATION, Hanover, MD (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/06 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/0791 (2013.01); H04B 10/07951 (2013.01);
Abstract
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining an estimate of a phase of a reference associated with a signal received over an optical channel, obtaining an estimate of a frequency of a carrier associated with the signal, and based on the estimate of the phase of the reference and the estimate of the frequency of the carrier, estimating a location dependent property associated with a disturbance to the optical channel to determine a location estimate for the disturbance. Other embodiments are disclosed.