Patent ID: 7926562

Claim:
A system for use in connection with a hydraulic fracturing operation comprising: a plurality of continuous fibers deployable into a plurality of fractures within a subterranean rock formation, each fiber when deployed being continuous from a borehole into the subterranean rock formation; a fiber management module adapted and positioned to facilitate deployment of and communication with the plurality of continuous fibers, at least one parameter of the plurality of continuous fibers is communicated to the fiber management module, the at least one parameter includes a length measurement of at least one continuous fiber of the plurality of continuous fibers so that the plurality of continuous fibers provide a set of length measurements, each length measurement of the set of length measurements is identified into one or more groups, at least one group includes erroneous measured fiber measurements that is discounted from the set of length measurements; and a quantitative description of a geometry of the fracture is determined from the set of length measurements, wherein the number of deployable continuous fibers provides sufficient redundancy to make at least a target measurement relating to the fracturing operation.