Patent ID: 7817917
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of determining whether optical fiber amplification of one or more nodes in a fiber network are close to optimal range, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, input and output power of a node; receiving, at the server, mid-stage input and output power of the node; determining, at the server, a first difference between the mid-stage input power and the mid-stage output power; determining, at the server, a second difference between the output power and the input power of the node; determining, at the server, a fiber amplification level of the node by determining the sum of the first difference and the second difference; comparing, at the server, the fiber amplification level of the node to an optimal fiber application level for a type of node; determining, at the server, whether the fiber amplification level is near the optimal fiber amplification level; displaying, through a user interface communicatively coupled to the server, the fiber amplification level for the node; and highlighting, through the user interface communicatively coupled to the server, nodes with fiber amplification levels that are more than a threshold away from the optimal fiber amplification level.