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Geo-locating positions along optical waveguides

  • US 9,316,762 B2
  • Filed: 10/09/2013
  • Issued: 04/19/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/09/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • transmitting a signal to an optical waveguide from a transmitter, the transmitter located at a physical location, the signal including an indication of the physical location of the transmitter;

    receiving the signal with the optical waveguide from exterior to the optical waveguide at a position along the optical waveguide from an input to the optical waveguide; and

    correlating the physical location with the position along the optical waveguide using light injected at the input of the optical waveguide.

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