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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joerg Schaepperle, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ;
Abstract
A method of detecting distortions of optical signals and a receiver for distorted optical signals are proposed, where the receiver comprises an opto-electric converter, an equalizer and a microprocessor, and the equalizer is connected to at least one distortion detector, and both the distortion detector and the equalizer are connected to a common control means via a microprocessor.