ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,486, issued on July 8, was assigned to COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS LLC (Philadelphia).
"Methods and systems for monitoring optical networks" was invented by Venk Mutalik (Middletown, Conn.), Daniel Rice (Boulder, Colo.) and John Paul Fioroni (Ardmore, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for monitoring an optical network are described. An optical device may receive a data signal. The optical device may send the data signal to a test port. A measuring device may measure characteristics associated with the data signal."
The patent was filed on June 9, 2022, under Application No. 17/836,730.
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