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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:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kim Byron Roberts, Herts, GB;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, Montreal, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/008 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/008 ;
Abstract
A method of monitoring transients in an optical transmission system having two or more optical elements is disclosed. The method comprises detecting the existence of a transient in the system and determining the cause of the transient or the location of the cause of the transient by monitoring variations in system characteristics.