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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2016
Applicant:
Viavi Solutions Deutschland Gmbh, Eningen Unter Achalm, DE;
Inventor:
Dominik Prause, Reutlingen, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/00 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/25 (2013.01); H04J 14/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/0793 (2013.01); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/2503 (2013.01);
Abstract
A test apparatus and method for testing passive optical networks is provided. The test apparatus includes an optical circuit having an optical coupler for splitting off a portion of optical traffic. During testing of a passive optical network, the optical circuit is coupled into an optical path of the passive optical network. A bit stream corresponding to an activating procedure is captured and analyzed to extract identification information of the module that sent the bit stream.