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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2024
Calibration data from modules for an incremental noise metric for rapid modeling of optical networks
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Alex W. Mackay, Ottawa, CA;
Fangyuan Zhang, Kanata, CA;
David W. Boertjes, Nepean, CA;
Andrew D. Shiner, Ottawa, CA;
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A module for use in an optical network includes one or more elements concatenated to one another; and circuitry configured to receive and store calibration data associated with the one or more elements, and transmit the calibration data to one or more processing devices for modeling of the module in a link in the optical network. The one or more elements can include gain blocks for optical amplification. The calibration data can be determined at manufacturing via testing. The calibration data can relate to determining gain and noise transfer functions of the module at various operating points.