System control of repeatered optical communications system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9094147
APP PUB NO 20140270757A1
SERIAL NO

13834968

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The system-level control of a repeatered optical communications system. In a repeatered optical communications system, two terminals are optically coupled via an optical communications span having one or more repeaters. One of the terminals may perform the control by monitoring quality metrics of optical signals received over the communication span. Based on this monitoring, certain adjustments are determined to be performed, and the repeater controllers of the respective optical repeaters are instructed to perform the adjustments. In some case, the optical repeater adjustments cannot be made without impacting the performance of the optical signals traveling in the opposite direction. In that case, the system-level control uses monitored quality metrics from both terminals to determine the adjustments to be made. The system level adjustment may be automated by software or the like thereby making optimization of the optical communications span easier.

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NEPTUNE SUBSEA IP LIMITED25 ST GEORGE STREET LONDON W1S 1FS

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Desbruslais, Stephen London, GB 9 33
van, Lochem Gerhard Willem Pretoria, ZA 3 217
Winterburn, David Essex, GB 5 31

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