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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:
Oct. 24, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert D Feldman, Middletown, NJ (US);
Gordon Cook Wilson, New York, NY (US);
Thomas Huntington Wood, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J / ; H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359125 ; 359111 ; 359167 ; 359187 ; 359161 ; 372 38 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for substantially reducing OBI on optical networks in which a number of source lasers operate simultaneously and the output from the lasers is subsequently combined in the network. The method involves operating the laser in burst mode such that the laser is operational only during transmission periods.