Patent ID: 9577756
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04J

Claim:
1. A method comprising: determining, by a computing device, a plurality of communication devices in which to test for optical interference in a communication network; causing, by the computing device, the plurality of communication devices to transmit through the communication network; identifying, by the computing device, possible optical interference partners between communication devices in the plurality of communication devices based on the plurality of communication devices transmitting through the communication network, wherein optical interference partners cause optical interference when transmissions overlap in time based on their wavelength proximity, wherein identifying comprises: scheduling a first communication device in the plurality of communication devices on a first communication channel, wherein the first communication device is the only communication device to transmit on the first communication channel for a period of time; scheduling second communication devices from the plurality of communication devices on a second communication channel, wherein the second communication devices transmit serially on the second communication channel for the period of time; and analyzing error information that results based on transmissions, from the first communication device and the second communication devices on the first communication channel and the second communication channel, overlapping in time during the period of time to identify the possible optical interference partners; and mitigating, by the computing device, a possible optical interference between possible optical interference partners based on a mitigation scheme.