ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,558, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to CyberSecure IPS LLC (Prince Frederick, Md.).
"Transmission line monitoring system testing" was invented by Cary R Murphy (Hickory, N.C.), David E. Vokey (Sidney, Canada) and Mark K. Bridges (Hickory, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, optical fiber monitoring may be facilitated. In some embodiments, monitoring of an optical fiber may be performed via a detection system to detect changes in the optical fiber that are indicative of one or more events. During the monitoring, a monitor signal may be transmitted along the optical fiber via a light source, where the monitor sign...