System and method for performing in-service optical network certification
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1. A method of monitoring an optical fiber with at least one optical transceiver having an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) and/or optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) function that is disposed to couple to the optical fiber, the method comprising:
- connecting an optical transceiver to a network terminal, the optical transceiver having OTDR and/or OFDR function and the network terminal is configured to read information from the optical transceiver;
coupling the optical fiber to the optical transceiver;
performing data communications on a same wavelength with the optical transceiver;
performing OTDR and/or OFDR function on the same wavelength with the optical transceiver responsive to a disruption in the data communications;
gathering measurements from the OTDR and/or OFDR function to determine at least one fault on the optical fiber;
storing the measurements in the optical transceiver;
reading the stored measurements from the optical transceiver to the network terminal, andreporting by the network terminal of the at least one fault on the optical fiber.
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Abstract
A system and method for performing an in-service optical time domain reflectometry test, an in-service insertion loss test, and an in-service optical frequency domain reflectometry test using a same wavelength as the network communications for point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical fiber networks while maintaining continuity of network communications are disclosed.
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1. A method of monitoring an optical fiber with at least one optical transceiver having an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) and/or optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR) function that is disposed to couple to the optical fiber, the method comprising:
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connecting an optical transceiver to a network terminal, the optical transceiver having OTDR and/or OFDR function and the network terminal is configured to read information from the optical transceiver; coupling the optical fiber to the optical transceiver; performing data communications on a same wavelength with the optical transceiver; performing OTDR and/or OFDR function on the same wavelength with the optical transceiver responsive to a disruption in the data communications; gathering measurements from the OTDR and/or OFDR function to determine at least one fault on the optical fiber; storing the measurements in the optical transceiver; reading the stored measurements from the optical transceiver to the network terminal, and reporting by the network terminal of the at least one fault on the optical fiber. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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