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FIBER OPTIC INSTRUMENTS, NAMELY, FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) INTERROGATORS AND RAMAN-BASED DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR (DTS) INTERROGATORS; FIBER OPTIC SENSOR SYSTEMS COMPRISING THE FIBER OPTIC INSTRUMENTS, NAMELY, FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) INTERROGATORS AND RAMAN-BASED DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR (DTS) INTERROGATORS TOGETHER WITH SENSORS FOR MEASURANDS SUCH AS DYNAMIC STRAIN, ACCELERATION, PRESSURE, TILT AND/OR TEMPERATURE; FIBER OPTIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK EQUIPMENT FOR COMMUNICATING SENSOR AND ACTUATOR CONTROL INFORMATION, NAMELY, FIBER-OPTIC TRANSCEIVERS, FIBER OPTIC REPEATERS, CONVERTERS AND OPTIMIZERS, WAVE DIVISION MULTIPLEXERS, FREE-SPACE OPTICS TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS, SWITCHES INCLUDING ETHERNET SWITCHES AND ROUTERS, FIBER-TO-THE-HOME AND ETHERNET-OVER-VDSL ACCESS AGGREGATORS, TERMINATORS AND REPEATERS, AND REMOTE PRESENCE MANAGEMENT PRODUCTS, NAMELY, SWITCHES, AND CONSOLE, ALARM, SENSOR AND POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICES