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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 06, 2013
Applicant:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Inventors:
Choudhury A. Al Sayeed, Gloucester, CA;
David Miedema, Ottawa, CA;
Loren S. Berg, Richmond, CA;
Dave C. Bownass, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/077 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01); H04B 10/293 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/0289 (2013.01); H04B 10/0777 (2013.01); H04B 10/2935 (2013.01); H04J 14/0202 (2013.01); H04J 14/0221 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosure are directed to optical dark section conditioning. An embodiment generates at least one of a broadband noise or signal at the head end of a section for a first module of the section; and operates all other modules of the section in gain control mode.