Title :
Effects of lightning and short-circuit discharges on WDM overhead transmission at 10 Gb/s
Author :
Pietralunga, S.M. ; Boffi, P. ; Colombelli, J. ; Marazzi, L. ; Osmond, J. ; Melloni, A. ; Martinelli, M. ; Fellegara, A. ; Vegetti, G.
Author_Institution :
CORECOM, Milan
Abstract :
The reliability of WDM transmission at 10 Gb/s on overhead fiber-optic cables, in the presence of lightning and short-circuit discharge events, has been proven by repeated laboratory tests, simultaneously evaluating BER, state-of-polarization and optical path evolutions
Keywords :
error statistics; light polarisation; lightning; optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; short-circuit currents; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; BER; WDM overhead transmission; fiber-optic cables; lightning; optical path evolutions; short-circuit discharges; state-of-polarization;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
