Method, apparatus and system for detecting connection status of optical fiber jumper

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8965200-B2
Application number	US-201113301469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 21, 2011
Priority date	Aug 25, 2009
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

A method, an apparatus and a system for detecting a connection status of an optical fiber jumper are provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The method for detecting a connection status of an optical fiber jumper includes: judging a connection status of a second port and a first port according to whether an optical signal sent by the first port to the second port through a first optical fiber is received, wherein the first optical fiber is connected to two ends of an optical fiber jumper, and the two ends of the optical fiber jumper are connected to the first port and the second port respectively; and obtaining a port identification corresponding to the first port according to the optical signal if the optical signal is received.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for detecting a connection status of an optical fiber jumper, comprising:
determining a connection status of a first port and a second port according to whether an optical signal sent by the first port is received by the second port through an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is disposed in parallel to the optical fiber jumper, and the optical fiber jumper is terminated having both ends terminated with respective first and second plugs,
wherein the first port and the second port are any two ports connected onto an Optical Distribution Frame (ODF) of a machine room of an FTTX operator, wherein a first end of the optical fiber is connected to the same first plug of the optical fiber jumper, and a second end of the optical fiber is connected to the same second plug of the optical fiber jumper, wherein the first plug is connected to the first port and the second plug is connected to the second port, respectively; and
if the optical signal sent by the first port is received by the second port, obtaining a port identification corresponding to the first port according to the optical signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
recording the connection status between the first port and the second port; and
recording the port identification corresponding to the first port if the optical signal is received.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the obtaining the port identification corresponding to the first port according to the optical signal comprises:
converting the optical signal into an electric signal;
detecting a frequency of the electric signal; and
determining the port identification corresponding to the first port according to the frequency.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:
determining a connection quality between the first port and the second port according to the frequency.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further comprising:
generating an alarm signal according to the connection status between the first port and the second port or the connection quality between the first port and the second port.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
generating an optical signal corresponding to the first port; and
sending the optical signal to the second port through the first optical fiber.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the generating an optical signal corresponding to the first port comprises:
generating an identification electric signal of the first port; and
converting the identification electric signal into the optical signal.

8. An apparatus for detecting a connection status of an optical fiber jumper, comprising:
a receiving module configured to receive an optical signal sent by a first port to a second port through an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is disposed in parallel to the optical fiber jumper, and the optical fiber jumper having both ends terminated with respective first and second plugs on both ends, wherein the first port and the second port are any two ports connected onto an Optical Distribution Frame (ODF) of a machine room of an FTTX operator, wherein a first end of the optical fiber is connected to the same first plug and a second end of the optical fiber is connected to the same second plug of the optical fiber jumper, wherein the first plug is connected to the first port and the second plug is connected to the second port, respectively;
a determination module configured to determine whether the receiving module receives the optical signal sent by the first port;
a first obtaining module configured to obtain a connection status between the first port and the second port according to a determination result of the determination module; and
a second obtaining module configured to obtain a port identification corresponding to the first port according to the optical signal if the receiving module receives the optical signal.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a recording module configured to record the connection status between the first port and the second port obtained by the first obtaining module; and record the port identification corresponding to the first port obtained by the second obtaining module if the receiving module receives the optical signal.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the second obtaining module comprises:
a photoelectric converting unit configured to convert the optical signal into an electric signal;
a detecting unit configured to detect a frequency of the electric signal; and
an identification unit configured to identify the port identification corresponding to the first port according to the frequency.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a third obtaining module configured to determine a connection quality between the first port and the second port according to the frequency detected by the detecting unit.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising:
an alarm module configured to generate an alarm signal according to the connection status between the first port and the second port obtained by the first obtaining module or according to the connection quality between the first port and the second port obtained by the third obtaining module.

13. The apparatus according to claim 8 , further comprises:
a generating module configured to generate an optical signal corresponding to the first port; and
a sending module configured to send the optical signal to the second port through the optical fiber.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the generating module comprises:
a generating unit configured to generate an identification electric signal of the first port; and
a converting unit configured to convert the identification electric signal into the optical signal.

15. A system for detecting a connection status of an optical fiber jumper, comprising:
a signal generating apparatus configured to generate an optical signal corresponding to a first port, and send the optical signal to a second port through an optical fiber, wherein the optical fiber is disposed in parallel to the optical fiber jumper, and the optical fiber jumper having both ends terminated with respective first and second plugs, wherein the first port and the second port are any two ports connected onto an Optical Distribution Frame (ODF) of a machine room of an FTTX operator, wherein a first end of the optical fiber is connected to the same first plug and a second end of the optical fiber is connected to the same second plug of the optical fiber jumper, wherein the first plug is connected to the first port and the second plug is connected to the second port, respectively; and
a detecting apparatus configured to detect a connection status between the first port and the second port according to whether the optical signal sent by the first port to the second port through the optical fiber is received, and obtain a port identification corresponding to the first port according to the optical signal if the optical signal is received.

Assignees

• Wen Yunsheng
• Zhao Jun
• Wang Bo
• Shan Xiaolei
• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wen Yunsheng
• Zhao Jun
• Wang Bo
• Shan Xiaolei

Classifications

• G02B6/3895 Primary

  identification of connection, e.g. right plug to the right socket or full engagement of the mating parts (keying element on the plug or adapter G02B6/3831; keying element on the ferrule G02B6/3851; keying element for electrical connection H01R13/64) · CPC title