Title :
Novel fibre break locator for optical duplex transmission systems
Author :
Cochrane, Peter ; Hunwicks, A.R. ; Rosher, P.A.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
It is shown that duplex and diplex transmission systems inherently offer an accurate means of automatically detecting and locating fibre breaks. Theoretical and practical results from a 34 Mbit/s trial system are presented.
Keywords :
fault location; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; 34 Mbit/s; automatic fibre break location; diplex transmission systems; fibre break locator; locating fibre breaks; optical duplex transmission systems; optical fibre links; practical results;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870317
