First Proof That Geographic Location on Deployed Fiber Cable Can Be Determined by Using OTDR Distance Based on Distributed Fiber Optical Sensing Technology

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Publication Date: 3/8/2020

Event: OFC 2020

Reference: Th3A.5:1-3, 2020

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

Abstract: We demonstrated for the first time that geographic locations on deployed fiber cables can be determined accurately by using OTDR distances. The method involves vibration stimulation near deployed cables and distributed fiber optical sensing technology.

Publication Link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9083072