Recent research and development of optical fiber monitoring in communication systems

Abstract

Recent progress on optical fiber monitoring in the optical communication systems is reviewed along with current optical fiber monitoring and diagnosing problems in deployed access, trunk and submarine communication systems.

Keywords

Optical fiber monitoring / diagnosis / PON monitoring / OFDR / OTDR

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