Single-fiber color identification

    公开(公告)号:US11946808B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-02

    申请号:US17697217

    申请日:2022-03-17

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    IPC分类号: G01J3/28 G01J3/46 G01M11/00

    摘要: Disclosed are a system and techniques to determine a color of an optical fiber in a fiber optic cable. A spectrophotometer camera may obtain a color value of the optical fiber. A fiber adaptor is operable to hold a single optical fiber of a fiber optic cable in a field of view of the spectrophotometer camera. A memory storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, enable identifying a color of the optical fiber. The color value may be compared to a color value of a number of reference colors. A color match score value may be generated for the color value with respect to each reference color. A confidence value may be obtained for a pair of color match scores that are closest in score value. Based on the confidence value, one of the reference colors is identified as a color of the optical fiber.

    DUAL TAIL SHAPE COMPENSATION FILTER IN SUBMARINE CABLE JOINT

    公开(公告)号:US20240004158A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-04

    申请号:US18215047

    申请日:2023-06-27

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    IPC分类号: G02B6/44

    CPC分类号: G02B6/4471

    摘要: Disclosed herein are undersea optical cable connection assemblies and systems. In some embodiments, a retainer is operable to arrange a plurality of SCFs and a plurality of microsplints, the retainer including a main body having a first section and a second section. The retainer may further include a first channel and a second channel extending through the first section, wherein a first set of SCFs extend through the first channel, and wherein a second set of SCFs extend through the second channel. The retainer may further include a third channel and a fourth channel extending through the first section, wherein a first set of microsplints extends through the third channel, and wherein a second set of microsplints extends through the fourth channel. A third set of microsplints extends through the third channel, wherein the first and third sets of microsplints are separated from one another by a padding layer.

    SPATIALLY RESOLVED MONITORING OF CABLE PERTURBATIONS USING MULTICHANNEL INFORMATION

    公开(公告)号:US20230198614A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-06-22

    申请号:US18111175

    申请日:2023-02-17

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    IPC分类号: H04B10/079 H04B10/60

    CPC分类号: H04B10/0791 H04B10/60

    摘要: A monitoring system. The monitoring system may include an optical receiver configured to receive an optical signal, the receiver comprising a plurality of equalizers to partition the optical signal over a plurality of optical channels corresponding to a plurality of optical wavelengths. The monitoring system may also include an analysis component, coupled to the receiver, comprising logic, where the logic is configured to construct a plurality of sensor matrices, corresponding to the plurality of optical channels, based upon the optical signal, after reception at the receiver; determine, using the plurality of sensor matrices, a correlation between at least one pair of sensor matrices corresponding to at least one pair of optical channels of the plurality of optical channels; and determine a location of a perturbation, external to the transmission system, based upon the correlation.

    Spatially resolved monitoring of cable perturbations using multichannel information

    公开(公告)号:US11611393B1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-21

    申请号:US17469150

    申请日:2021-09-08

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    IPC分类号: H04B10/079 H04B10/60

    摘要: A monitoring system. The monitoring system may include an optical receiver configured to receive an optical signal, the receiver comprising a plurality of equalizers to partition the optical signal over a plurality of optical channels corresponding to a plurality of optical wavelengths. The monitoring system may also include an analysis component, coupled to the receiver, comprising logic, where the logic is configured to construct a plurality of sensor matrices, corresponding to the plurality of optical channels, based upon the optical signal, after reception at the receiver; determine, using the plurality of sensor matrices, a correlation between at least one pair of sensor matrices corresponding to at least one pair of optical channels of the plurality of optical channels; and determine a location of a perturbation, external to the transmission system, based upon the correlation.

    Techniques and apparatus for improved spatial resolution for locating anomalies in optical fiber

    公开(公告)号:US11566921B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-31

    申请号:US17389742

    申请日:2021-07-30

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    发明人: Rong Zhu

    摘要: Methods of measuring an anomaly, any induced change in physical parameters such as strain, temperature, and so forth, in an optical fiber. One method may include launching a plurality of probe pulses from a probe source; recording a Brillouin scattering spectrum from a plurality of reflection signals generated in the optical fiber, responsive to the plurality of probe pulses; determining a relative motion between the optical fiber and the anomaly during the recording the Brillouin back-scattering spectrum; and dynamically adjusting the Brillouin back-scattering spectrum according to the relative motion, or performing an adjustment of the Brillouin back-scattering spectrum after acquisition of the Brillouin back-scattering spectrum.

    TECHNIQUES TO GENERATE NETWORK SIMULATION SCENARIOS

    公开(公告)号:US20220284349A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-08

    申请号:US17749346

    申请日:2022-05-20

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    摘要: Techniques to generate network simulation scenarios are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a records component operative to receive an example network configuration record; receive an example network operation record; a machine learning management component operative to generate a network operation model using a machine learning component based on the example network configuration record as an example input and the example network operation record as an example output; and a system-test component operative to receive a system-test network configuration record; and generate a system-test network operation record based on the system-test network configuration record using the network operation model. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    Techniques to generate network simulation scenarios

    公开(公告)号:US11354593B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-07

    申请号:US16441160

    申请日:2019-06-14

    申请人: SubCom, LLC

    摘要: Techniques to generate network simulation scenarios are described. In one embodiment, an apparatus may comprise a records component operative to receive an example network configuration record; receive an example network operation record; a machine learning management component operative to generate a network operation model using a machine learning component based on the example network configuration record as an example input and the example network operation record as an example output; and a system-test component operative to receive a system-test network configuration record; and generate a system-test network operation record based on the system-test network configuration record using the network operation model. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    GAIN EQUALIZATION ERROR MANAGEMENT IN OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20220149944A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-12

    申请号:US17091322

    申请日:2020-11-06

    申请人: SUBCOM, LLC

    IPC分类号: H04B10/294 H01S3/067

    摘要: Techniques for managing gain equalization error in optical communication systems are provided. For example, a multi-stage gain correction filter may be configured to at least correct gain equalization error produced by filters with insufficient resolution, for example, conventional non-reflective gain correction technology used in the optical communication systems. The multi-stage filter may include at least a broadband gain correction filter to correct gain equalization error in most of the transmission bandwidth and a narrow band gain correction filter to correction error in a narrow region of the bandwidth. One or more of the multi-stage filters may be implemented in the repeaters of the system (which may be referred to as hybrid GFFs) or may be included in a standalone body (which may be referred to as hybrid GEFs).