DocumentCode :
3193493
Title :
Bit-error-rate measurements in a WDM network
Author :
Pope, F. ; Wellington, K. ; Keiser, G.
Author_Institution :
GTE Gov. Syst. Corp., Needham Heights, MA, USA
Volume :
3
fYear :
1995
fDate :
35011
Firstpage :
1284
Abstract :
The introduction of new services (such as multimedia communications, video conferencing, distance learning) is creating a rapid increase in telecommunication traffic. This is leading to the need for higher-capacity transmission networks, with information transport over the network links at rates of tens and hundreds of gigabits per second. Due to processing-speed limitations of electronic cross-connects, optical cross-connects based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is the current technology of choice for realizing a high-capacity backbone to be superimposed on top of the existing electrical transport layer. In a WDM network, the use of multiple optical frequencies has the effect that signals at different wavelengths act as interferers to a specific optical wavelength being received. We describe a three-node WDM ring network and characterize the bit-error rate at a specific wavelength as a function of optical power from “interfering” wavelengths in a typical receiver that would be used in a WDM system
Keywords :
error statistics; network topology; optical fibre networks; optical fibres; optical receivers; optical switches; optical variables measurement; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; WDM system; bit error rate measurements; distance learning; electrical transport layer; information transport; interfering wavelengths; multimedia communications; multiple optical frequencies; optical cross-connects; optical power; optical wavelength; processing speed limitations; receiver; telecommunication traffic; three-node WDM ring network; transmission networks; video conferencing; wavelength division multiplexing; Computer aided instruction; Frequency; Multimedia communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Videoconference; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 1995. MILCOM '95, Conference Record, IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2489-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.1995.483702
Filename :
483702
Link To Document :
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