| CPC H04B 10/564 (2013.01) [H04B 10/07955 (2013.01); H04B 17/102 (2015.01); H04B 17/318 (2015.01); H04B 10/07 (2013.01); H04B 10/40 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/60 (2013.01); H04B 17/00 (2013.01)] | 28 Claims |

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1. A method comprising:
establishing, by one or more processors of a first communication device, two optical communication links between the first communication device and a second communication device by sending a first beacon beam to the second communication device and receiving a second beacon beam from the second communication device;
sending, by the one or more processors, an optical communication beam that carries a communication signal over a first one of the two optical communication links;
determining, by the one or more processors, that a first change in a measurement related to a state of the first communication device is associated with a second change in signal power information received from the second communication device over a second one of the two optical communication links; and
performing, by the one or more processors, an adjustment of a power of the first beacon beam and the communication signal by using an optical attenuator of the first communication device to control fiber amplifier of the first communication device to output the first beacon beam and the optical communication beam based on the second change in the signal power information.
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