First Proof That Geographic Location on Deployed Fiber Cable Can Be Determined by Using OTDR Distance Based on Distributed Fiber Optical Sensing Technology
Tiejun J. Xia, Glenn A. Wellbrock, Ming-Fang Huang, Milad Salemi, Yuheng Chen, Ting Wang, Yoshiaki Aono
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.
Topics & Concepts
Optical time-domain reflectometerOptical fiber cableDistributed acoustic sensingOptical fiberFiberFiber optic sensorComputer scienceFiber optic splitterMaterials scienceTelecommunicationsComposite materialAdvanced Fiber Optic SensorsAdvanced Photonic Communication SystemsOptical Wireless Communication Technologies