US Patent Issued to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS on June 10 for "Fiber distribution terminal with in-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,540, issued on June 10, was assigned to FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS HOLDINGS LLC (Dallas).

"Fiber distribution terminal with in-line diagnostic tool in passive optical networks" was invented by John Valdez (Copper Canyon, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The techniques described herein are directed to an in-line diagnostic tool of a PON that optically couples a first component of the PON and a second component of the PON. The tool detects incoming optical signals (e.g., of different services) received from the first PON component and passes the optical signals through the tool to the second PON component. The in-line diagnostic tool ...