A statistical design approach for gigabit-rate fiber-optic transmission systems

Author

Moaveni, Mahmood K. ; Shafi, Mansoor

Author_Institution

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand

Volume

8

Issue

7

fYear

1990

fDate

7/1/1990 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1064

Lastpage

1072

Abstract

A statistical design approach is proposed for the design of fiber-optic transmission systems (FOTSs). It yields increased regenerator spacings up to about 50% over those provided by the traditional worst-case design. The method involves assuming most of the system parameters to be random variables with known probability distributions. The probability distribution of the regenerator spacing is then numerically found by a Monte Carlo simulation from which the regenerator spacing with a given success probability can be determined. A thorough statistical treatment of attenuation, dispersion, and chirp limits is presented, and the effects of varying the probability density functions of underlying optical system parameters are examined. The numerical results shown demonstrate the repeatability of the proposed statistical design approach

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; optical dispersion; optical fibres; probability; statistical analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; attenuation; chirp limits; dispersion; gigabit-rate fiber-optic transmission systems; known probability distributions; optical system parameters; probability density functions; random variables; regenerator spacings; statistical design approach; success probability; Chirp; Dispersion; Frequency estimation; Gaussian distribution; Optical attenuators; Optical design; Probability distribution; Random variables; Repeaters; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.56408

Filename

56408