Field Trial of Abnormal Activity Detection and Threat Level Assessment with Fiber Optic Sensing for Telecom Infrastructure Protection

Publication Date: 6/7/2021

Event: OFC 2021

Reference: Th4H.3: 1-3, 2021

Authors: Glenn A. Wellbrock, Verizon; Tiejun J. Xia, Verizon; Ming-Fang Huang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Shaobo Han, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Yuheng Chen, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Milad Salemi, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Philip N. Ji, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Ting Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Yoshiaki Aono, NEC Corporation

Abstract: We report the field trial results of monitoring abnormal activities near deployed cable with fiber-optic-sensing technology for cable protection. Detection and position determination of abnormal events and evaluating the threat to the cable is realized.

Publication Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9490014