ACTIVELY MONITORED OPTICAL FIBER PANEL

摘要

An optical fiber panel unit includes multiple fiber input ports, each configured to connect to a different one of multiple optical fibers. Each fiber input port includes a connector port configured to connect to a respective fiber panel optical path, an optical tap and a photo-detector. The optical tap is configured to couple to the respective optical path. The photo-detector couples to the optical tap to detect optical signals carried over the respective optical path, and to produce electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals. A telemetry circuit analyzes the electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals of each respective optical path, and determines at least one of a loss of signal (LOS) or loss of light (LOL) at each of the fiber input ports based on the analysis of the electrical signals.

主权项

1. An optical fiber panel unit, comprising:
a plurality of fiber input ports, each configured to connect to a different one of multiple optical fibers, wherein each fiber input port comprises:
a connector port configured to connect to a respective fiber panel optical path,an optical tap configured to couple to the respective optical path, anda photo-detector coupled to the optical tap and configured to:
detect optical signals carried over the respective optical path, andproduce electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals; and a telemetry circuit configured to:
analyze the electrical signals that correspond to the detected optical signals of each respective optical path, anddetermine at least one of a loss of signal (LOS) or loss of light (LOL) at each of the fiber input ports based on the analysis of the electrical signals.