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Analyzing optical networks

  • US 9,923,630 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2016
  • Issued: 03/20/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for analyzing optical networks, the system comprising:

  • a network analyzer optically coupled via a light conduit to a fiber optic network, the network analyzer operable to;

    transmit a test signal along the light conduit to the fiber optic network;

    receive a reflected signal in response to transmitting the test signal, wherein the reflected signal is generated in response to the test signal interacting with a defect of the fiber optic network;

    analyze a power of the reflected signal, wherein the power of the reflected signal corresponds to the defect in the fiber optic network;

    calculate a transmit time of the reflected signal, wherein the transmit time corresponds to a location of the defect in the fiber optic network;

    identify a component of the fiber optic network that corresponds to the defect and the location of the defect in the fiber optic network; and

    generate a maintenance report based on the analyzed reflected signal, wherein the maintenance report comprises;

    the identified component;

    the location of the identified component in the fiber optic network; and

    a maintenance activity to resolve the defect.

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