Fiber optic operations center
CA 2211816 C · Owner: Parzygnat, William Joseph · Inventors: Pimpinella, Richard Joseph; Reagan, Randy Alan; Janus, Neal Anthony
Overview
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Disclosed is a fiber optic operations center intended for use in a central office which is responsible for the administration, monitoring, testing, and repair of a multiplicity of fiber optic cables entering the central office from subscribers. The operations center is housed in a bay which is arranged to protect fiber optic cables and route then to an optical switch which connects one or more selected cables to a test device which launches and receives optical signals. The test device is under the control of a system controller which has a variety of input and output means which enable craftpersons in the central office and in remote locations to access the operations center.
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- Filed July 30, 1997 and granted November 27, 2001. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 30, 2017.
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