Patent ID: 11860058
Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 11:
12. A method comprising:
implementing, via one or more selective optical fibers of a plurality of optical fibers of a multi-fiber cable that is to be analyzed by at least one of a power meter or a source, a communication channel by the power meter and the source to transmit data from the power meter to the source or from the source to the power meter, wherein the communication channel is operable independently from a polarity associated with the multi-fiber cable;
transmitting, from the power meter to the source or from the source to the power meter, an initial signal, wherein the power meter or the source that transmits the initial signal is designated as a transmitting sensor, and the power meter or the source that receives the initial signal is designated as a receiving sensor;
transmitting, from the receiving sensor to the transmitting sensor, a mirrored signal that is generated based on an analysis of the initial signal; and
determining, based on a comparison of a time delay between the initial signal and the mirrored signal to a reference time delay, a length of the multi-fiber cable.