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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Michael Y. Frankel, Baltimore, MD (US);
Balakrishnan Sridhar, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Jay Simpson, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/17 (2006.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H01S 3/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/10007 (2013.01); H01S 3/10015 (2013.01); H04J 14/0221 (2013.01); H04J 14/0279 (2013.01); H04J 14/0284 (2013.01); H04J 14/0246 (2013.01); H04J 14/025 (2013.01); H04J 14/0275 (2013.01);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments of the invention are drawn to a method and apparatus for the differentiation of power and channel count changes in optically amplified links. Additionally, configuration of a corresponding optical amplifier can be based on the determination of the power and channel count changes.