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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:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald J. Sobiski, Horseheads, NY (US);
Matthew S. Whiting, Lawrenceville, PA (US);
Assignee:
Corning, Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; H04B 1/018 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; H04B 1/018 ;
Abstract
A method for controlling a dispersion compensation in optical communications is disclosed. The illustrative method includes receiving a first measurement of dispersion at a first step; receiving a second measurement of dispersion at a second step; calculating a gradient of dispersion between the first measurement of dispersion and the second measurement of dispersion; and sending a command to a dispersion compensator based on the value of the gradient.