Patent ID: 9413463
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus for providing two-way optical communication, the apparatus comprising: a transmit element, coupled to a light pipe, configured to transmit a first optical signal through said light pipe; a receive element, also coupled to said light pipe, configured to receive a second optical signal through said light pipe; an optical barrier, coupled to the light pipe, configured to at least partially isolate transmit and receive optical paths within split portions of the light pipe; and a transceive processor, coupled to said transmit and receive elements, configured to direct said transmit element to suspend transmitting said first optical signal during a plurality of reception periods, and configured to direct said receive element to sample for said second optical signal during one or more sampling intervals within each of said reception periods, wherein said each of the plurality of reception periods last for a duration of time no greater than 40 milliseconds, and the plurality of reception periods occur in the first optical signal at a duty cycle no greater than 10 percent.