Title : 
Performance evaluation of WDM ring network
         
        
            Author : 
Saleheen, Hasan I.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., NY, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Output power, crosstalk, amplified spontaneous emission noise, and bit-error-rates at two different bit rates of a ring network with multiple add-drop nodes are calculated. The results demonstrate the levels of impairments and consequent bit-error-rates
         
        
            Keywords : 
error statistics; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical noise; superradiance; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM ring network; amplified spontaneous emission noise; bit rates; bit-error-rate; bit-error-rates; crosstalk; impairments; multiple add-drop nodes; output power; performance evaluation; ring network; Add-drop multiplexers; Crosstalk; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical noise; Power generation; Quality of service; Spontaneous emission; Transfer functions; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Rio Grande
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-5947-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/LEOS.2000.890759