TITLE:
Automatic Detection of Optical “Faults” in Communications Networks
AUTHORS:
Meir Bartur
KEYWORDS:
Optical; Fiber; Fault; Monitoring; Physical; Layer; Single; Wavelength
JOURNAL NAME:
Optics and Photonics Journal,
Vol.3 No.2B,
July
22,
2013
ABSTRACT:
An efficient, fast, Physical Layer monitoring approach
is needed to instantaneously identify, locate and report (via SNMP) optical
fiber cuts, breaks or other faults (open or dirty optical connectors) in the
optical fiber cable plant.