US 12,267,110 B2
Systems and methods for performing tests and measurements using an optical transceiver
Guylain Barlow, Gatineau (CA); Joseph Vogliano, Fairfield, CA (US); and Herman Chen, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., Chandler, AZ (US)
Filed by VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on May 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/319,855.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,274, filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0359762 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/079 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/40 (2013.01) [H04B 10/0793 (2013.01); H04B 10/07953 (2013.01); H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 10/07957 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
connecting a test instrument and at least one transceiver to an end of a fiber optic link of a network;
transmitting, by the at least one transceiver, a test signal in the fiber optic link of the network and receiving, by the test instrument and the at least one transceiver, a return of the test signal in a first channel of the fiber optic link of the network;
determining, by the test instrument, a signal power associated with the returned test signal;
identifying, by the test instrument, one or more open channels near or around the first channel that contained the returned test signal; and
displaying, on a display element of the test instrument, available wavelengths of the one or more open channels near or around the first channel and the signal power associated with the returned test signal.