Presentation Information
[WC3-7]Real-time Optical Fiber Cable Fault Detection with Location Technique Based on Measurement of Light Backscattered from Transmission Signals
○Hiroyuki Iida, Tomohiro Kawano, Hiroshi Watanabe, Ryo Koyama, Kuniaki Terakawa, Takashi Matsui (NTT Corporation)
Keywords:
Fiber cabling,installation,and maintenance,Fiber sensing and other applications
We propose a real-time optical network monitoring technique utilizing light backscattered from transmitted light signals. The proposed method can identify the fault cause and estimate its location within 25% accuracy for fiber lengths 1-40 km.