Title :
Performance monitoring of optical networks with synchronous and asynchronous sampling
Author :
Downie, J.D. ; Tebben, D.J.
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol., Corning Inc., NY, USA
Abstract :
Experimental measurements are made for two approaches to performance monitoring of signals in optical networks. The techniques are bit error ratio (BER) estimation by synchronous and asynchronous sampling, respectively, and we compare their performance with different signal impairments.
Keywords :
error statistics; monitoring; optical fibre networks; telecommunication signalling; BER estimation; asynchronous sampling; bit error ratio; optical networks; performance monitoring; signal impairments; synchronous sampling; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Clocks; Monitoring; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Q factor; Sampling methods;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2001. OFC 2001
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-655-9
