Title :
Outage Dynamics of 40Gb/s Optical Paths Routed over PMD-Impaired Fiber Links
Author :
Billow, Henning ; Dubovan, Jozef ; Herschel, R.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Res. & Innovation, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
PMD related routing criteria are discussed for transparent dynamic routing of 40Gb/s channels using realistic PMD dynamics obtained from measurement of an installed multi-span fiber link exhibiting simulated outage events oflmin up to 7h duration.
Keywords :
optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD-impaired fiber links; optical paths; outage dynamics; transparent dynamic routing; Fasteners; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Probability; Statistics; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528660
