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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 13, 2015
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Choudhury A. Al Sayeed, Glouchester, CA (US);
David Miedema, Ottawa, CA (US);
Loren S. Berg, Richmond, CA (US);
Dave C. Bownass, Ottawa, CA (US);
Ciena Corporation, Hanover, MD (US);
Abstract
A method for optical dark section conditioning includes determining a section in an optical network is a dark section that includes connected fiber spans that are functional with no traffic carrying channels present thereon; and causing generation of at least one of broadband noise and a signal at a head end of the dark section. An apparatus configured to perform optical dark section conditioning includes logic configured to determine a section in an optical network is a dark section that includes connected fiber spans that are functional with no traffic carrying channels present thereon; and logic configured to cause generation of at least one of broadband noise and a signal at a head end of the dark section.