Indoor disaster localization via hybrid ethernet/optical fiber cable
Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems, methods and structures providing detection and localization of disaster-related indoor events via hybrid ethernet/optical fiber cable.
1. An integrated distributed fiber optic sensing system comprising:
a length of a hybrid ethernet/optical fiber cable including one or more optical fiber cables and one or more ethernet cables;
a distributed fiber optic sensing (DFOS) interrogator in optical communication with the one or more optical fiber cables;
one or more computing systems in electrical communication with the one or more ethernet cables; and
one or more optical switches in optical communication with the one or more optical fiber cables included in the length of hybrid cable.
2. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the optical fiber cable comprises a length of duplex single mode fiber (SMF) cable, said duplex SMF cable including two, individual single mode optical fibers.
3. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the DFOS provides acoustic/vibration signals monitoring.
4. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the DFOS provides building/temperature monitoring.
5. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the DFOS includes an optical switch interconnecting the interrogator to individual sensory areas via the one or more optical fiber cables in a tree topology.
6. The integrated system of claim 1 wherein the DFOS interrogator is interconnected to individual sensory areas via the one or more optical fiber cables in a distributed network.