Patent ID: 11956011
Assignee: SUBCOM, LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 14:
15. A method of monitoring a subsea environment, comprising:
receiving an environment measurement at an environmental sensor of an environmental sensor assembly, disposed in contact with seawater;
sending the environment measurement as an electrical measurement signal to an optical transmitter; and
outputting an optical measurement signal, based upon the electrical measurement signal, over an optical fiber of an optical fiber assembly that is coupled to a repeater assembly in a subsea optical repeater, wherein the repeater assembly receives electrical power over a cable, wherein the repeater assembly comprises: a laser diode, the laser diode being coupled to receive an electrical power signal and to output an optical power signal to the environmental sensor assembly; and an optical receiver, the optical receiver being coupled to receive an optical measurement signal from the environmental sensor assembly.