Patent ID: 11916588
Assignee: VERIZON PATENT AND LICENSING INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
transmitting, by a device, communication data to a transceiver via an access fiber optic cable, wherein the access fiber optic cable is a fiber optic cable connecting the transceiver to a backbone fiber optic cable, the backbone fiber optic cable being a fiber optic cable provided between two or more locations;
determining, by the device, that fiber sensing is to be performed for the access fiber optic cable;
ceasing, by the device, transmission of the communication data for a predetermined time period that is less than a period of time for which an asynchronous transmission protocol allows a data flow to be interrupted without triggering determination of an alternate route for the data flow;
generating, by the device, an optical pulse based on ceasing transmission of the communication data;
transmitting, by the device, the optical pulse to the transceiver via the access fiber optic cable;
receiving, by the device and prior to expiration of the predetermined time period, a reflected signal from the access fiber optic cable based on the optical pulse;
analyzing, by the device, the reflected signal to generate sensing results; and
performing, by the device, one or more actions based on the sensing results.