Title :
Long-term PMD measurements in a metropolitan operational G.652 cable plant
Author :
Abrate, Silvio ; Lezzi, Carlo ; Ferrero, Valter ; Nepola, A. ; Poggiolini, Pierluigi
Author_Institution :
Istituto Superiore Mario Boella, Turin, Italy
Abstract :
We performed a 73-days PMD measurement in an installed G.652 fibre infrastructure, in a metropolitan network. We found that, despite a very stable behaviour of the plant, some statistical anomalies may occur, and that maintenance operations may ultimately be the key factor for PMD variations.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; 73 day; PMD; maintenance operations; metropolitan operational G.652 cable plant; polarization mode dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
