OPTICAL LINE MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD
First Claim
1. An optical line monitoring method for monitoring a disorder of an optical line by using an optical line monitoring system, the method comprising:
- (a) delivering status request optical signals to a plurality of optical channel service units and receiving a status response optical signal from each optical channel service unit;
(b) measuring a distance of each optical channel service unit based on a round-trip delay time of the received status response optical signal and storing the distance of each optical channel service unit as a reference status information table to be mapped with identification information of the corresponding optical channel service unit;
(c) delivering an OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) pulse to each optical channel service unit which is in normal operation, receiving a plurality of individual OTDR pulses returned by reflection, and storing a reference OTDR pulse pattern exhibited by the plurality of individual OTDR pulses; and
(d) checking a distance of each individual pulse in the reference OTDR pulse pattern, and matching each individual pulse with the identification information of each optical channel service unit so that a proximity order of the individual pulses is identical to a proximity order of the optical channel service units in the reference status information table.
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Abstract
Disclosed is an optical line monitoring system and method which detects an optical line where a disorder occurs, by using an OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) pulse pattern with matching information. The optical line monitoring system generates and stores a reference OTDR pulse pattern matched with identification information of an optical channel service unit, and compares the matched reference OTDR pulse pattern with the OTDR pulse pattern collected at an inspection time to verify an optical line region where a disorder occurs.
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1. An optical line monitoring method for monitoring a disorder of an optical line by using an optical line monitoring system, the method comprising:
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(a) delivering status request optical signals to a plurality of optical channel service units and receiving a status response optical signal from each optical channel service unit; (b) measuring a distance of each optical channel service unit based on a round-trip delay time of the received status response optical signal and storing the distance of each optical channel service unit as a reference status information table to be mapped with identification information of the corresponding optical channel service unit; (c) delivering an OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) pulse to each optical channel service unit which is in normal operation, receiving a plurality of individual OTDR pulses returned by reflection, and storing a reference OTDR pulse pattern exhibited by the plurality of individual OTDR pulses; and (d) checking a distance of each individual pulse in the reference OTDR pulse pattern, and matching each individual pulse with the identification information of each optical channel service unit so that a proximity order of the individual pulses is identical to a proximity order of the optical channel service units in the reference status information table. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An optical line monitoring system, comprising:
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a database for storing a reference status information table where identification information of an optical channel service unit is mapped with a distance of the optical channel service unit and storing a reference OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) pulse pattern where a plurality of individual pulses are exhibited; and a pulse matching unit for matching the identification information of each optical channel service unit with the individual pulses exhibited in the reference OTDR pulse pattern so that a proximity order of the individual pulses exhibited in the reference OTDR pulse pattern is identical to a proximity order of the optical channel service units in the reference status information table. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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