Title :
Q-factor monitoring for fault management applications
Author :
Kilper, D.C. ; Azarov, A. ; Weingartner, W. ; Vorreau, P.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We show that a sensitivity of 0.5 dB is required for using Q-factor to monitor noise for fault localization and analyze monitoring without dispersion compensation in 10 Gb/s networks with symmetric dispersion maps.
Keywords :
Q-factor; Q-factor measurement; compensation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical noise; telecommunication network management; 10 Gbits/s; Q-factor monitoring; dispersion compensation; fault localization; fault management applications; noise monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
