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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald J. Capik, Fords, NJ (US);
John P. Hickey, Oceanport, NJ (US);
Steven K. Korotky, Toms River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ; G02B 6/35 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 2/100 ; G02B 6/35 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for deriving insertion losses for connections in a single-stage optical cross-connect. The optical cross-connect comprises a number (N) of input ports, a number (M) of output ports and an on-board controller. A memory is provided on the on-board controller for storing N loss parameters for the N input ports and M loss parameters for the M output ports. A modeled insertion loss for a connection between any input port and any output port can be derived from the loss parameters associated with the input and output ports.