Title :
Introduction of confidence levels for transparent network planning
Author :
Morea, A. ; Zami, T. ; Leplingard, F.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
Confidence level on connection feasibilities is used to obtain Q-estimate margins when parameter uncertainties are considered. Adding such margins to the Q-estimate instead of fixed margins gives 22% fewer regenerators at same 97.5% confidence level.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; Q estimate margin; confidence level; connection feasibility; transparent network planning; Automatic control; Fiber reinforced plastics; Gaussian distribution; Optical fiber networks; Optical propagation; Performance loss; Q factor; Routing; Uncertain systems; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
