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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2001
Onetta, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Optical network equipment is provided. The optical network equipment may include optical amplifiers. Control units may be used to control components in the equipment such as gain stage pump lasers. Sensor data may be obtained from sensors in the equipment. The control units may store the sensor data and control data and other information on the operation of the equipment. The stored data may be used in troubleshooting, network maintenance, and set up procedures. Data may be saved when a data storage command is received by the equipment or may be saved when data storage trigger criteria are satisfied. A user may be provided with the ability to customize the trigger criteria and the data storage parameters.