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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1997
Xiaoping Mao, Plano, TX (US);
Glenn Wellbrock, Wylie, TX (US);
Harold Clay Wispell, II, Frisco, TX (US);
MCIWorldCom, Inc., Jackson, MS (US);
Abstract
A bi-directional telemetry service channel is provided on a single optical fiber using two wavelengths that are accessible through multiplexing devices. A bi-directional telemetry service channel is also provided on a single optical fiber using only a single wavelength. A fully protected bi-directional telemetry service channel can be provided using only two optical fibers. When a single wavelength is used, a time window is provided for transmission of telemetry service signals in one direction on the optical fiber at the single wavelength, and a second time-window is provided for transmission of telemetry service signals in the opposite direction on the same optical fiber using the same wavelength.