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

Claim 14:
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, cause the device to:
transmit 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;
determine that fiber sensing is to be performed for the access fiber optic cable;
cease 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 a determination of an alternate route for the data flow;
generate an optical pulse after ceasing transmission of the communication data;
transmit the optical pulse to the transceiver via the access fiber optic cable;
receive a reflected signal from the access fiber optic cable based on the optical pulse prior to expiration of the predetermined time period;
analyze the reflected signal to generate sensing results;
perform one or more actions based on the sensing results;
determine that transmission of the communication data is to be resumed after expiration of the predetermined time period; and
transmit the communication data to the transceiver, via the access fiber optic cable, based on determining that transmission of the communication data is to be resumed after expiration of the predetermined time period.