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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:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
James E. DeGrange, Jr., Glen Burnie, MD (US);
Sridhar Balakrishnan, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Linthicum, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/008 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/008 ;
Abstract
The invention includes a method for determining channel power in an optical communications network. The method includes determining at least one transmission parameter for a channel. Exemplary transmission parameters include transmission rate and transmission format. A number of channel units is determined in response to the transmission parameter. Channel power is then determined for the channel in response to the number of channel units. A system for implementing the method is also disclosed.