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Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 07, 2007
Applicants:

Laurence J. Newell, Saratoga, CA (US);

James F. Coward, La Honda, CA (US);

Inventors:

Laurence J. Newell, Saratoga, CA (US);

James F. Coward, La Honda, CA (US);

Assignee:

Other;

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

Attenuation caused by dispersion in an optical fiber communications system is compensated. A number of low-speed channels is to be transmitted across an optical fiber. Each low-speed channel is allocated a different frequency band for transmission. The attenuation caused by dispersion is estimated for each of the frequency bands. The power of each low-speed channel is adjusted to compensate for the estimated attenuation. The power-adjusted low-speed channels are frequency division multiplexed together to produce an electrical high-speed channel suitable for transmission across the communications system.


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