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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Matteo Costantini, Genoa, IT;

Antonio Melis, Genoa, IT;

Lorenzo Siri, Genoa, IT;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/079 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H04J 14/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H04J 14/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method is provided for establishing a communication path in an optical network, the communication path comprising a plurality of sections, wherein the power level of a section is controlled by a respective power control unit of a network node. The method comprises the steps of, in response to a request to establish a communication path, step, controlling at least one power control unit to perform a first power-up mode of operation. The first power-up mode of operation comprises the step of setting a power control factor of a respective section of the communication path directly to a value estimated to provide a target power level, step


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