Accounting for PMD Temporal Correlation During Lightpath Set Up in Transparent Optical Networks

Author

Sambo, N. ; Secondini, M. ; Andriolli, N. ; Petersen, M.N. ; Castoldi, P.

Author_Institution

Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy

Volume

28

Issue

22

fYear

2010

Firstpage

3307

Lastpage

3313

Abstract

In transparent optical networks, the signal transmission is degraded by optical layer physical impairments. Therefore, lightpaths may be blocked due to unacceptable quality of transmission (QoT). Among physical impairments, polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is a detrimental effect which has stochastic characteristics. Moreover, PMD depends on time-variant factors, such as the temperature and the fiber stress.

Keywords

light transmission; multiprotocol label switching; optical control; optical correlation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; stochastic processes; GMPLS-controlled transparent optical networks; PMD temporal correlation; fiber stress; generalized multiprotocol label switching; lightpath provisioning scheme; optical layer physical impairments; polarization mode dispersion; quality of transmission; signal transmission; stochastic characteristics; time-variant factors; Correlation; Estimation; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Probes; Signal to noise ratio; Time measurement; Control plane; GMPLS; PMD; physical impairments; transparent optical networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2010.2081344

Filename

5585803