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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsJohn Sinclair Huffman, Gerald Frank Laszakovits, James Kirkpatrick
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In accordance with one aspect of the disclosed technology, wireless communications are used in a fiber surveillance system to enable monitoring of remote locations for vibrations, acoustic signals, stresses, stress fatigue or other detectable characteristics. A fiber that is deployed in the structure or region being monitored is connected a wireless transmitter that is used to transmit, to a receiving system, return optical signals obtained with the surveillance system. The return signals can be transmitted in raw form or after partial or total analysis.
An optical fiber surveillance system, comprising:
The system of claim 3 further comprising a second fiber overlapping the first optical fiber.
A method for determining the location of a source of acoustic energy comprising:
A wireless detector configured to receive signals from an optical fiber surveillance system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.