Title :
Cost effective performance monitoring in WDM systems
Author :
Wiesmann, R. ; Bleck, O. ; Heppner, H.
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Cost effective methods utilizing variable thresholds in the receiver IC to determine histograms for optical performance monitoring are presented. Measurements which show the possibility to monitor the dispersion with these methods are shown.
Keywords :
monitoring; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber networks; optical fiber testing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; cost effective performance monitoring; histograms; optical fibre dispersion monitoring; receiver IC; variable thresholds; Bit error rate; Clocks; Costs; Counting circuits; Histograms; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868274
