Patent ID: 8861958

Claim:
A method for providing optical power-balanced bandwidth arbitration in an optical network carrying a first optical signal and comprising a first node adapted for transmitting and receiving optical signals, a first and second device adapted to split optical signals, and a plurality of target nodes, said method comprising: receiving said first optical signal from at at least one of said first and second devices, said first optical signal being used at least in part to generate a second optical signal; causing equalization of an optical power level of each of said plurality of target nodes; and transmitting said second optical signal to said plurality of target nodes; wherein said act of causing equalization of said optical power level of each of said plurality of target nodes comprises: causing calibration of each of said plurality of target nodes based at least in part on a measured distance between each of said plurality of target nodes and at least one of said first or second devices; and causing adjustment of said optical power level based on at least said measured distance.