ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,413,879, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Optical distribution network, optical network system, splitter, and method for identifying port of splitter" was invented by Hengyun Jiang (Chengdu, China), Chao Jin (Dongguan, China), Bo Wu (Chengdu, China) and Ning Deng (Dongguan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical distribution network, an optical network system, a splitter, and a method for identifying a port of the splitter are provided. The optical distribution network includes a splitter, a first optical filter, and a first power change assembly. The splitter includes at least...