US Patent Issued to CommScope Technologies on July 21 for "Coexistence module for accommodating optical time domain reflectometry in optical networks" (Minnesota Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,434, issued on July 21, was assigned to CommScope Technologies LLC (Hickory, N.C.).

"Coexistence module for accommodating optical time domain reflectometry in optical networks" was invented by Jill Anne Malecha (New Prague, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coexistence module usable at secondary locations within a routing optical network is disclosed, which accommodates OTDR testing on the optical network without requiring a separate, dedicated fiber connected between secondary locations for such testing. Rather, a filter arrangement is used in which OTDR wavelengths are separated from transmission wavelengths and optically conn...