Title : 
Outage probability of high speed transmission systems: the impact of PMD in comparison to other disruptive effects
         
        
        
            Author_Institution : 
T-Nova Deutsche Telekom Innovationsgesellschaft mbH, Darmstadt, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The PMD tolerance of 10 Gbit/s transmission systems is calculated for a given DGD tolerance. The unavailability of the transmission system due to PMD is chosen relatively to the unavailability caused by other disruptive effects.
         
        
            Keywords : 
error statistics; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; probability; telecommunication channels; 10 Gbit/s; DGD tolerance; disruptive effects; high speed transmission systems; outage probability; polarization mode dispersion; polarization mode dispersion tolerance; transmission system; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Control systems; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Kerr effect; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Probability; Transponders;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Anaheim, CA, USA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-655-9