• DocumentCode
    3004148
  • Title

    Measuring the Link Distribution of PMD: Field Trial Using an RS-POTDR

  • Author

    Fritzsche, D. ; Paul, M. ; Schuerer, L. ; Ehrhardt, A. ; Breuer, D. ; Weiershausen, W. ; Cyr, N. ; Chen, H. ; Schinn, G.W.

  • Author_Institution
    T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, Berlin, GERMANY
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A new POTDR measurement technique is used to investigate the spatial distribution of PMD in deployed fibers. Results help to identify high-PMD fiber sections that need to be replaced to enable 40Gbit/s transmission and beyond.
  • Keywords
    Bit rate; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Power generation economics; Prototypes; Time measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-588-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4802612
  • Filename
    4802612