OCEAN SPECTRUM

Computer hardware, software, and firmware used to perform spectrum management, initial loading of submarine cable line, and to establish the proper operating levels for data carrying signals, power controls, and switches; computer software or firmware for operating the bandwidth of fiber optic telecommunications lines in a shared user environment; computer software or firmware for monitoring and protecting against input signal loss or equipment failures; computer software or firmware for providing alarms in association with a fiber optic communication system, where the alarms are related to the sharing of the spectrum on the line