PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15870311
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-01
Publication Date: 2019-07
Patent Classification: ["398", "011000"]

Abstract:
A system and method consistent with the present disclosure provides for automated line monitoring system (LMS) baselining that enables capturing and updating of operational parameters specific to each repeater and associated undersea elements based on high loss loopback (HLLB) data. The captured operational parameters may then be utilized to satisfy queries targeting specific undersea elements in a Command-Response (CR) fashion. Therefore, command-response functionality may be achieved without the added cost, complexity and lifespan issues related to deploying undersea elements with on-board CR circuitry. As generally referred to herein, operational parameters include any parameter that may be derived directly or indirectly from HLLB data. Some example non-limiting examples of operational parameters include span gain loss, input power, output power, gain, and gain tilt.

Claim (Index 13):
A method of monitoring an optical transmission path in an optical communication system, the optical transmission path including a plurality of repeaters coupled to the transmission path, each of the repeaters comprising a high loss loopback (HLLB) path, the method comprising:\n transmitting a first line monitoring equipment (LME) test signal on the transmission path; receiving a first LME loopback data from the transmission path in response to the first LME test signal, the first LME loopback data having peaks associated with a location of each of the HLLB paths on the transmission path; storing a LME baseline data in a memory based on the first LME loopback data; sending a reporting message to a user, the reporting message including at least one operational parameter associated with a repeater of the plurality of repeaters based on the stored LME baseline data; and transmitting a second LME test signal on the transmission path; and receiving a second LME loopback data from the transmission path in response to the second LME test signal, the second LME loopback data having peaks associated with the location of each of the HLLB paths on the transmission path, wherein the LME baseline data stored in the memory is based on the received first and second LME loopback data.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 31.0
- Percentile: 86.0
- Lexical Diversity: 1.53846
- Patent Class: 398.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['13754344', '11829422', '13303810', '12029151', '12146811']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6629152623610723
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5123001880096753
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6478537549259327
- Mean Citation Score: 194.263274
- Max Citation Score: 246.34534
- Similarity Product: 183.9464590790963

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 1
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test