System for Testing Passive Optical Lines
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorTrevor D. Smith
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Abstract
An optical splitter assembly including a splitter housing, a passive optical power splitter positioned within the splitter housing and a plurality of splitter output pigtails that extend outwardly from the splitter housing. Each of the splitter output pigtails including an optical fiber structure having a first end optically coupled to the passive optical power splitter and a second end on which a fiber optic connector is mounted. Each of the splitter output pigtails having a different test characteristic such that the splitter output pigtails can be individually identified during optical network testing.
Claims12
An optical splitter assembly comprising:
- a splitter housing;
- a passive optical power splitter positioned within the splitter housing;
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- a plurality of splitter output pigtails that extend outwardly from the splitter housing, each of the splitter output pigtails including an optical fiber structure having a first end optically coupled to the passive optical power splitter and a second end on which a fiber optic connector is mounted, each of the splitter output pigtails having a different test characteristic such that the splitter output pigtails can be individually identified during optical network testing.
A system for testing an optical network, comprising:
- a splitter housing;
- a passive optical power splitter positioned within the splitter housing;
- a plurality of splitter output pigtails that extend outwardly from a splitter housing, each of the splitter output pigtails including an optical fiber structure having a first end optically coupled to the passive optical power splitter and a second end on which a fiber optic connector is mounted;
- intermediate optical fibers spliced to the plurality of splitter output pigtail, the intermediate optical fibers each having different signature optical properties;
- a transmitter connected to the fiber and configured to launch a test signal having a wavelength down the fiber such that the plurality of splitter output pigtails can be individually identified during optical network testing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.