Self-monitoring fiber optic link

Telecommunications – Receiver or analog modulated signal frequency converter – Signal selection based on frequency

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350 9615, 350 9629, 455610, 370 2, 356 731, G02B 628, H04B 900, G01N 2100, G02F 100

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047492473

ABSTRACT:
The self-monitoring link utilizes a GRIN lens/blazed grating combination to multiplex an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) signal with data signals on a fiber optic communication link. An initial average OTDR reference signature for the OTDR signal on the link is determined and is compared with a continuously determined average OTDR signature. The reference signature and the continuously determined signature are compared and a warning or alarm signal is generated when the continuously determined signature differs from the reference signature by a preselectable limit. A microprocessor is provided to adjust the preselectable limit in response to the communication link operational parameters.

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patent: 4571024 (1986-02-01), Husbands

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