Title :
Simple measurement of eye diagram and BER using high-speed asynchronous sampling
Author :
Shake, Ippei ; Takara, Hidehiko ; Kawanishi, Satoki
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
fDate :
5/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper discusses eye diagram measurement using asynchronous sampling. Simple bit error rate (BER) estimation from eye diagrams is performed. The use of high-speed asynchronous optoelectrical (OE) sampling enables the monitoring of fixed timing Q-factors to be performed simply.
Keywords :
Q-factor measurement; electro-optical effects; error statistics; monitoring; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; pulse generators; signal processing; BER; Q-factor; asynchronous sampling; bit error rate estimation; eye diagram; high-speed sampling; optoelectronic sampling; signal quality monitoring; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Clocks; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Q factor; Sampling methods; Signal analysis; Timing; Asynchronous sampling; BER; OE; Q-factor; bit error rate; estimation; eye diagrams; optoelectrical; sampling; signal quality monitoring;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2004.827669
