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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. 24, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2001
Applicants:
George H. Buabbud, South Lake, TX (US);
Muneer Zuhdi, Lewisville, TX (US);
Ulrich Trick, Bad Soden, DE;
Thomas Volk, Buseck, DE;
Debra D. Wawro, Arlington, TX (US);
Inventors:
George H. Buabbud, South Lake, TX (US);
Muneer Zuhdi, Lewisville, TX (US);
Ulrich Trick, Bad Soden, DE;
Thomas Volk, Buseck, DE;
Debra D. Wawro, Arlington, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Fibre Access Corporation, Petaluma, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L012/66 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for low cost upgrading on demand of an optical fiber communication system without installing additional optical fiber and minimal installation of optical circuitry at destination and distribution terminals. The upgraded systems comprise an optical data loop of a plurality of destination terminals and a single intermediate terminal.