Title :
Impact of network load and traffic sparsity on the performance of a digital burst-mode receiver
Author :
Mendinueta, Jose Manuel Delgado ; Bayvel, Polina ; Thomsen, Benn C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
The packet error-rate (PER) for a digital burst-mode receiver is measured for different traffic loads and maximum and minimum traffic sparsity. We found a negligible impact of the burst sparsity and an increased performance for reduced network load on PER.
Keywords :
optical communication; packet switching; receivers; telecommunication traffic; burst sparsity; digital burst-mode receiver; maximum traffic sparsity; minimum traffic sparsity; network load; packet error-rate; traffic loads; Correlators; Detectors; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Payloads; Receivers; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621555
