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  • Optical network terminal with illegal transmission detection circuitry
    Patent number: 7424221
    Abstract: An optical network terminal, which includes an optical transmitter, monitors the status of the optical transmitter, such as the output or the power consumption of the optical transmitter, to determine when the optical transmitter is illegally transmitting. When an illegal transmission is detected, the optical network terminal removes power from the optical transmitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Tellabs Petaluma, Inc.
    Inventors: Clayton J. Emery, Richard B. Joerger