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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:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2004
Applicants:
Fausto Meli, Piacenza, IT;
Valerio Viscardi, Paderno Dugnano, IT;
Inventors:
Fausto Meli, Piacenza, IT;
Valerio Viscardi, Paderno Dugnano, IT;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Systems and methods for evaluating an optical communication link are provided. The evaluation is based on a polarization analysis of received optical power. Such an analysis is able to differentiate between received noise and received optical signal power, even for typical multi-channel signals. By appropriately analyzing the polarization of received optical power, the link quality can be evaluated. Failures may be detected and optical signal to noise ratio may be measured.