• DocumentCode
    356308
  • Title

    Cost effective performance monitoring in WDM systems

  • Author

    Wiesmann, R. ; Bleck, O. ; Heppner, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    7-10 March 2000
  • Firstpage
    171
  • Abstract
    Cost effective methods utilizing variable thresholds in the receiver IC to determine histograms for optical performance monitoring are presented. Measurements which show the possibility to monitor the dispersion with these methods are shown.
  • Keywords
    monitoring; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber networks; optical fiber testing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; cost effective performance monitoring; histograms; optical fibre dispersion monitoring; receiver IC; variable thresholds; Bit error rate; Clocks; Costs; Counting circuits; Histograms; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-630-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2000.868274
  • Filename
    868274