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Local orderwire facility for fiber optic communication system

CA 1194164 A · Owner: Harris Corporation · Inventors: Waschka, George A. Jr.

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An orderwire communication scheme for a fiber optic communication network includes terminal station equipment associated with the central offices at opposite ends of the network and signal regenerator equipment at the repeater sites disposed between the terminal stations. The communication format along the link is a data-over-voice scheme the data, being digitally encoded on an FSK modulated carrier. In carrying out supervisory functions with respect to each of the stations along the link, command messages are conveyed from the terminal stations at one of the central offices to respective stations along the link in the form of command instructions. Each command message from a central …

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  • Granted September 24, 1985. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 24, 2002.
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FiledMay 6, 1981
GrantedSeptember 24, 1985
Term endedSeptember 24, 2002
Patent numberCA 1194164 A
Classification (IPC)H04K1/00

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1982198519881991199419972000Application filedMay 6, 1981Patent grantedSep 24, 1985Term endedSep 24, 2002

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