Optical communications – Underwater – Cable repeater
Reexamination Certificate
2004-12-22
2009-08-11
Pascal, Leslie (Department: 2613)
Optical communications
Underwater
Cable repeater
C398S173000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07574140
ABSTRACT:
A communication system including a repeatered trunk path and one or more unrepeatered branch segments coupled to the trunk path through associated submarine branching units. Each of the branch segments may be configured to carry at least the same channel capacity as the trunk path and may have a length greater than the average repeater spacing in the trunk path.
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Enright Mark
Golovchenko Ekaterina A.
Manna Massimo
Grossman Tucker Perreault & Pfleger PLLC
Pascal Leslie
Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc.
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