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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2011
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2009
Georg H. Mohs, E. Brunswick, NJ (US);
Stuart M. Abbott, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Franklin W. Kerfoot, Iii, Red Bank, NJ (US);
R. Brian Jander, Freehold, NJ (US);
Morten Nissov, Ocean, NJ (US);
Georg H. Mohs, E. Brunswick, NJ (US);
Stuart M. Abbott, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Franklin W. Kerfoot, III, Red Bank, NJ (US);
R. Brian Jander, Freehold, NJ (US);
Morten Nissov, Ocean, NJ (US);
Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications LLC, Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system and method for loading unutilized channels of a WDM system with noise to improve system performance. A transmitter amplifier may impart noise to unutilized channels by reducing amplifier input or providing feedback of the amplifier output. Noise signals may also be looped back to the transmitter from received signals.