Method of recovering from a fiber-cable cut using random splicing reconnection
First Claim
1. A method of reconnecting a severed cable having a first and a second cable sections including a first plurality of optical fibers, the first cable section providing a connection to a group of first units at a first location, the second cable section providing a connection to a group of second units, the method comprising the steps of:
- A) randomly reconnecting each of the severed fibers of the first cable section to each of the severed fibers of the second cable section;
B) after the reconnection, determining which fiber interconnects each of the first units to each of the second units and establishing a reconnection database describing such interconnections; and
C) using an established original database which specifies original interconnections between the first units and the second units together with the reconnection database, controlling the switching of connections of one or more inputs to the first units so that the resulting connections established between said inputs and the second units are the same as the connections specified by the original database.
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Abstract
A method of and apparatus for reconnecting a severed multi-fiber optical cable using random splicing is disclosed. Each of the fibers of a first cable section are randomly reconnected to each of the fibers of a second cable section and it is determined which fiber interconnects each of the first units to each of the second units and a reconnection database describing such interconnections is established. Using interconnection data of an original database, established prior to cable severing, together with the reconnection database, the connection of one or more inputs to the first group of first units are switched so that the resulting connections between those inputs and the second units are the same as the connections described by the original database.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of reconnecting a severed cable having a first and a second cable sections including a first plurality of optical fibers, the first cable section providing a connection to a group of first units at a first location, the second cable section providing a connection to a group of second units, the method comprising the steps of:
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A) randomly reconnecting each of the severed fibers of the first cable section to each of the severed fibers of the second cable section; B) after the reconnection, determining which fiber interconnects each of the first units to each of the second units and establishing a reconnection database describing such interconnections; and C) using an established original database which specifies original interconnections between the first units and the second units together with the reconnection database, controlling the switching of connections of one or more inputs to the first units so that the resulting connections established between said inputs and the second units are the same as the connections specified by the original database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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