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Date of Patent:
Sep. 26, 2006

Filed:

Nov. 09, 1999
Applicants:

Stephen Creaney, Coatbridge, GB;

Philip Lane, St. Albans, GB;

Richard John Ferguson, Skelmorlie, GB;

Thomas Crummey, London, GB;

Inventors:

Stephen Creaney, Coatbridge, GB;

Philip Lane, St. Albans, GB;

Richard John Ferguson, Skelmorlie, GB;

Thomas Crummey, London, GB;

Assignee:

Barr & Stroud Limited, Glasgow, GB;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A data communications link uses a multi-power level optical source to encode and transmit data words along a communications channel to a receiver station. A received signal condition monitor senses the level of a pre-determined characteristic and transmits a control signal to a controller which controls the power output of the optical source.


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