Patents by Inventor Cristina Barbosa Cannon

Cristina Barbosa Cannon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus providing transient control in optical add-drop nodes
    Patent number: 8909038
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining if an optical input signals has been interrupted and responsively replacing an interrupted optical input signal with a replacement optical signal having a similar optical profile (e.g., such as a loopback between OADMs within a backbone network), thereby insuring that transient-induced high speed optical amplifier adjustments are avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Alcatel Lucent
    Inventors: Cristina Barbosa Cannon, Stefan Hunsche
  • Method and apparatus providing transient control in optical add-drop nodes
    Publication number: 20040131353
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for determining if an optical input signals has been interrupted and responsively replacing an interrupted optical input signal with a replacement optical signal having a similar optical profile (e.g., such as a loopback between OADMs within a backbone network), thereby insuring that transient-induced high speed optical amplifier adjustments are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Applicant: LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    Inventors: Cristina Barbosa Cannon, Stefan Hunsche