Title :
A PC based CAD environment for fiber optic simulations
Author :
Ahamed, S.V. ; Lawrence, V.B.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Staten Island, City Univ. of New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
The authors report a PC-based fiber-optic simulation methodology for the design of lightwave systems for the transmission of high-speed data. The simulation environment can be used in conjunction with other signal processing systems. The fiber transmission and the signal processing subsystems function as a single optimized transmission and processing entity. The authors present the lightwave design software with extensive graphics. The facility offers the designer the simulation results and the steps in the system optimization. The inputs to the fiber simulation are derived from user-selected databases of various vendors. These input databases contain the device characteristics from any number of vendors of any number of devices used in the design of the lightwave systems
Keywords :
CAD; data communication systems; digital simulation; microcomputer applications; optical communication; optical fibres; telecommunications computing; PC based CAD environment; computer aided design; fiber optic simulations; graphics capability; high-speed data; lightwave design software; lightwave system design; optical fibre transmission; simulation environment; system optimization; user-selected databases; Computational modeling; Design automation; Design optimization; Graphics; Libraries; Optical design; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical signal processing; Transfer functions;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference and Exhibition 'Communications Technology for the 1990s and Beyond' (GLOBECOM), 1989. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1989.64057
