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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:
Feb. 05, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stephen B. Alexander, Millersville, MD (US);
Cecil D. Smith, Annapolis, MD (US);
Roy C. Litz, Freeland, MD (US);
Robert M. Corwin, Finksburg, MD (US);
John L. Shanton, III, Jefferson, MD (US);
Donald T. Newman, Severna Park, MD (US);
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/016 ; H04B 1/002 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/016 ; H04B 1/002 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a system and method for intelligently shutting down an optical energy source in a communication system having optical amplifiers upon detection of a system failure.