OTDR optical path detection device and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016006503-A1
Application number	US-201314770394-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 22, 2013
Priority date	Feb 25, 2013
Publication date	Jan 7, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

The disclosure relates to an OTDR path detection device and method, and the device includes an optical input interface, an optical output interface, a test light transmission unit, an optical assembly, a test light reception unit, a data processing unit, a micro control unit, a power supply unit and a communication interface unit. In the disclosure, a detection light transmission function, a scattered light and reflected light reception function, a detected data processing function and a unit control function are integrated. A fiber optic network to be detected can be detected in real time through fixing the integral optical transmission/reception device in a fiber optic network to be detected, and the normal transmission of serving light is not affected, thus a specialized OTDR meter for fiber optic detection and related testing devices are no longer needed, thereby simplifying steps for optical fiber failure detection and lowering complexity of optical network maintenance and corresponding cost.

First claim

1 . An Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) optical path detection device, comprising an optical input interface, an optical output interface and an optical transceiver processing module, wherein
the optical input interface and the optical output interface are configured to fix the device in a serving fiber optic link to be detected, wherein the optical output interface is connected with one end of a serving fiber optic network to be detected; and the optical transceiver processing module is configured to output, through the optical output interface, a test light signal to the serving fiber optic link to be detected; to receive, from the serving fiber optic link to be detected, a backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and a reflected light signal generated from the test light signal; and to process and analyze the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal so as to implement OTDR optical path detection.

2 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the optical transceiver processing module comprises a test light transmission unit, an optical assembly, a test light reception unit and a data processing unit, wherein
the data processing unit is configured to generate a monopulse or pulse-sequence test electric signal; the test light transmission unit is configured to convert the test electric signal to a test light signal having a constant optical power, and output the test light signal to the optical assembly; the optical assembly is configured to, after combing the test light signal with a serving light received by the optical input interface, transmit them together on the serving fiber optic link to be detected via the optical output interface; and to receive, from the serving fiber optic link to be detected, the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal generated from the test light signal, and separate the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal from the serving light; the test light reception unit is configured to receive, from the optical assembly, the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal, and convert received light signals to digital signals; and the data processing unit is further configured to analyze the digital signals converted by the test light reception unit so as to implement OTDR optical path detection.

3 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein a monopulse or pulse-sequence test light signal generated by the test light transmission unit has a wavelength range from 1625 nm to 1675 nm.

4 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the way by which the data processing unit analyzes the digital signals processed by the test light reception unit comprises at least an averaging algorithm and a sequence algorithm.

5 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the optical transceiver processing module further comprises a micro control unit, a power supply unit and a communication interface unit, wherein
the micro control unit is configured to control operation of circuits of other units in the optical transceiver processing module; the data processing unit is further configured to report an analysis result to a management system via the micro control unit and the communication interface unit; and the power supply unit is configured to supply electricity to circuits of all units in the optical transceiver processing module.

6 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is applied to a passive optical network, the optical input interface is connected with an optical fiber of an output of an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) equipment, and the optical output interface is connected with one end of the serving fiber optic network to be detected.

7 . The device according to claim 1 , wherein the device is applied to an Optical Transport Network (OTN), the optical input interface is connected with an optical fiber of an output of an OTN equipment, and the optical output interface is connected with one end of the serving fiber optic network to be detected.

8 . An Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) optical path detection method, comprising:
outputting a test light signal to a serving fiber optic link to be detected; a backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and a reflected light signal generated from the test light signal are received from the serving fiber optic link to be detected; and the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal are processed and analyzed to implement OTDR optical path detection.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the outputting a test light signal to a serving fiber optic link to be detected comprises:
generating a monopulse or pulse-sequence test electric signal; converting the test electric signal to a test light signal having a constant optical power, and outputting the test light signal to an optical assembly that, after combing the test light signal with a serving light, transmits them together on the serving fiber optic link to be detected.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein the receiving, from the serving fiber optic link to be detected, a backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and a reflected light signal generated from the test light signal comprises:
the optical assembly receives, from the serving fiber optic link to be detected, the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal generated from the test light signal, and separates the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal from the serving light;

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the processing and analyzing the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal so as to implement OTDR optical path detection comprise:
the backward Rayleigh scattered light signal and the reflected light signal output from the optical assembly are converted to digital signals; and analyzing the digital signals after the conversion.

12 . The method according claim 8 , further comprising:
reporting an analysis result to a management system.

13 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the device is applied to a passive optical network, the optical input interface is connected with an optical fiber of an output of an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) equipment, and the optical output interface is connected with one end of the serving fiber optic network to be detected.

14 . The device according to claim 3 , wherein the device is applied to a passive optical network, the optical input interface is connected with an optical fiber of an output of an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) equipment, and the optical output interface is connected with one end of the serving fiber optic network to be detected.

15 . The device according to claim 4 , wherein the device is applied to a passive optical network, the optical input interface is connected with an optical fiber of an output of an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) equipment, and the optical output interface is connected with one end of the serving fiber optic network to be detected.

16 . The device according to claim 5 , wherein the device is applied to a passive optical network, the optical input interface is connected with an optical fiber of an output of an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) equipment, and the optical output interface is connected with one end of the serving fiber optic network to be detected.

17 . The device according to claim 2 , wherein the device is applied to an Optical Transport Network (OTN), the optical input interface is connected with an optica

Assignees

• Zte Corp

Inventors

• Chen Lei
• Fu Zhiming
• Kuang Guohua
• Bei Jinsong
• Li Kun
• Yu Chendong

Classifications

• H04B10/071 Primary

  using a reflected signal, e.g. using optical time domain reflectometers [OTDR] · CPC title

• H04B10/0771

  Fault location on the transmission path · CPC title

• H04B10/0773

  Network aspects, e.g. central monitoring of transmission parameters · CPC title