Methods and systems for providing a fiber optic cable network testing platform

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9800330-B1
Application number	US-201615145621-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	May 3, 2016
Priority date	May 3, 2016
Publication date	Oct 24, 2017
Grant date	Oct 24, 2017

Abstract

In embodiments, methods and systems for implementing fiber optic cable network testing using a fiber optic cable network testing platform are provided. A fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly comprises an attachment and a port. The attachment attaches the adapter assembly to a mobile device and the port receives a fiber optic cable. A fiber optic cable network testing application receives, via a camera of the mobile device, light data from the cable. The fiber optic cable is coupled to the port to transmit the light data to the application. The application is part of the fiber optic cable network testing platform, the platform provides integrated fiber optic cable network testing. The application analyzes the light data based on a fiber optic cable network testing option to generate testing results data. The application communicates the testing results data using an interface to facilitate presenting the testing results data.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for implementing fiber optic cable network testing, the system comprising:
a fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly comprising an attachment component and a port component, the attachment component is a mechanism configured to attach the fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly to a mobile device, the port component is configured to receive a fiber optic cable; and
a fiber optic cable network testing application component configured to:
receive, via a camera component of the mobile device, light data from a fiber optic cable, wherein the fiber optic cable is coupled to the port component of the fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly to transmit the light data to the fiber optic cable network testing application component of a fiber optic cable network testing platform, wherein the fiber optic cable network testing platform provides integrated fiber optic cable network testing;
analyze the light data based on a fiber optic cable network testing option to generate testing results data;
generate the testing results data based on the fiber optic cable network testing options; and
communicate the testing results data using an interface to facilitate presenting the testing results data.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein an enclosure comprises the attachment component, wherein the enclosure, at least partially, encloses the mobile device; and wherein the port component is a removable component having a port configuration for a specific connector type of fiber optic cable.

3. The system of claim 1 , further comprising an adapter sensor component of the fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly configured to automatically detect and communicate information about a type of fiber optic cable connected to the fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly.

4. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a monochromator component configured to transmit light of a selected wavelength from the fiber optic cable to the fiber optic cable network testing application component.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the fiber optic cable network testing further includes a calibration option for calibrating a selected component of the fiber optic cable network testing platform, based at least in part on the fiber optic network testing application component.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein in the fiber optic cable network testing options include an optical power meter option, a peak power level option, and a bit error checking option.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein analyzing the light data is based on a second set of testing results data from a second mobile device or a hub component within the fiber optic cable network testing platform to generate integrated test results data based on comparative analysis of the test results data associated with the mobile device and the second test results data.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the fiber optic cable network testing platform comprises the hub component supporting the mobile device and the second mobile device operably coupled to communicate testing results data.

9. A computer-implemented method for implementing fiber optic cable network testing, the method comprising:
receiving, at a fiber optic cable network testing application component, via a camera component of a mobile device, light data from a fiber optic cable, wherein the fiber optic cable is coupled to a fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly to transmit the light data to the fiber optic cable network testing application component of a fiber optic cable network testing platform, wherein the fiber optic cable network testing platform provides integrated fiber optic cable network testing;
analyzing the light data based on a fiber optic cable network testing option to generate testing results data;
generating testing results data based on the fiber optic cable network testing option; and
communicating the testing results data using an interface to facilitate presenting the testing results data.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly further includes an attachment component, a port component and a monochromator component, the monochromator channels light of a selected wavelength from the fiber optic cable to the fiber optic cable network testing application.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the fiber optic cable network testing application component operates with a hub component or a second mobile device to communicate the testing results data.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein in the fiber optic cable network testing options include an optical power meter option, a peak power level option, and a bit error checking option.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving a second set of data, the second set of data comprising test results data or calibration data;
comparing the second set of data to the test results data from the mobile device to generate integrated test results data;
generating the integrated test result data; and
communicating the integrated test results data using the interface that facilitates presenting the integrated testing results data.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second set of data is a second set of test results data from a second mobile device within the fiber optic cable network testing platform that is used to generate integrated test results data based on comparative analysis of the test results data associated with the mobile device and the second test results data.

15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
receiving a topographic representation of a fiber optic cable network associated with the fiber optic cable;
updating the topographic representation with the testing results data; and
communicating the topographic representation.

16. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed, by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method for implementing fiber optic cable network testing, the method comprising:
receiving, at a fiber optic cable testing application via a camera component of a mobile device, a first set of light data from a fiber optic cable, wherein the fiber optic cable is coupled to a fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly to transmit the light data to the fiber optic cable network testing application component of a fiber optic cable network testing platform, wherein the fiber optic cable network testing platform provides integrated fiber optic cable network testing;
accessing, using the fiber optic cable testing application, a second set of light data stored in association with the fiber optic cable network testing application;
analyzing the first set of light data and the second set of light data based on one or more fiber optic cable testing configurations to generate fiber optic testing results data, wherein the one or more fiber optic cable testing configurations are used to compare the first set of light data to the second set of light data;
generating fiber optic testing results data based on the one or more fiber optic cable testing configurations, wherein the fiber optic results data include comparative test results elements of the first set of light data and the second set of light data; and
communicating the fiber optic testing results data using one or more interfaces to facilitate presenting fiber optic testing results data.

17. The media of claim 16 , wherein the fiber optic cable network testing adapter assembly further inclu

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Yusuf Faraz
• Power Adrian Lindsay
• Hill Peter John
• Cherniak Mikhail Ivan

Classifications

• G02B6/4215 Primary

  the intermediate optical elements being wavelength selective optical elements, e.g. variable wavelength optical modules or wavelength lockers (G02B6/4246 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04B10/07953

  Monitoring or measuring OSNR, BER or Q · CPC title

• G02B6/4292

  the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements · CPC title

• H04B10/0793 Primary

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

• H04B10/073 Primary

  using an out-of-service signal (H04B10/071 takes precedence) · CPC title