Title :
Analysis and experimental demonstration of simplex coding technique for SNR enhancement of OTDR
Author :
Lee, Duckey ; Yoon, Hosung ; Kim, Na Young ; Lee, Hansuek ; Park, Namkyoo
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea
Abstract :
We demonstrate SNR improvement of OTDR using simplex codes by experiment, for the first time. For this, we proposed a practical algorithm and derived detailed equations. An in-house OTDR board was developed to verify the proposed algorithm, and the experimental results showed excellent agreement with theory. In addition, we analyzed the SNR variation of the simplex code OTDR, caused by band-limited receiver characteristics.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical time-domain reflectometry; telecommunication computing; OTDR; SNR enhancement; SNR variation; band-limited receiver; in-house OTDR board; simplex codes; simplex coding technique; Dynamic range; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Probes; Signal to noise ratio; Spatial resolution; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation and Measurement Conference, 2004. Proceedings of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8722-8
DOI :
10.1109/LTIMC.2004.1371006
