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Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2006
Applicants:

Charles S. Moore, Langhorne, PA (US);

Robert J. Thompson, Horsham, PA (US);

Michael J. Cooper, Marietta, GA (US);

John L Moran, Iii, Uxbridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Charles S. Moore, Langhorne, PA (US);

Robert J. Thompson, Horsham, PA (US);

Michael J. Cooper, Marietta, GA (US);

John L Moran, III, Uxbridge, MA (US);

Assignee:

ARRIS Technology, Inc., Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/08 (2006.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04H 20/69 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04H 20/69 (2013.01);
Abstract

The dynamic range of an optical link in a network is determined by simultaneously transmitting signals from two network elements at first and second frequencies, which create a combined signal at a third frequency. The transmission power levels of selected network elements is successively increased until the measured power from the third frequency no longer changes in a predictable manner, at which point the upper limit of the dynamic range of the optical link is determined.


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