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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. 10, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark A. Kelty, Catonsville, MD (US);
James I. McGuire, III, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Dharmesa B. Jani, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
Corvis Corporation, Columbia, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ; H04B 1/008 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/000 ; H04B 1/008 ;
Abstract
The present invention addresses the need for optical transmission systems, apparatuses, and methods having increased flexibility and reliability. Optical systems of the present invention are configured to provide alarms, provision, and/or perform protection switching, if the number of corrected errors exceeds a threshold criteria. Various system parameters, in addition to protection thresholds, can be adjusted based on the relationship between the number of one errors, zero errors, and/or total errors being corrected in the system.