Title :
Optical performance monitoring of data degradation by evaluating the deformation of an asynchronously generated I/Q data constellation
Author :
Arbab, Vahid R. ; Wu, Xiaoxia ; Willner, Alan E. ; Weber, Charles L.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present a technique of using asynchronously generated constellation pattern to simultaneously monitor CD and first order PMD in DQPSK systems. By characterizing deformations in the patterns, the amount of accumulated CD and PMD can be estimated.
Keywords :
optical communication; quadrature phase shift keying; DQPSK systems; I/Q data constellation; accumulated CD; asynchronously generated; data degradation; first order PMD; optical performance monitoring; Clocks; Constellation diagram; Degradation; Monitoring; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Quadrature phase shift keying; Signal analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
