Title :
A novel data format free bit-by-bit quasi-error monitoring method for optical transport network
Author :
Takeshita, H. ; Henmi, N.
Author_Institution :
C&C Media Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A novel data format-free bit-by-bit monitoring method for survivable optical transport networks is proposed. BER evaluation with comparison of BERT and BIP-8 measurement indicates that proposed method has the same capability of SDH/SONET monitoring.
Keywords :
SONET; errors; monitoring; optical fibre networks; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; BER evaluation; BERT; BIP-8 measurement; SDH/SONET monitoring; WDM networks; data format free bit-by-bit quasi-error monitoring method; data format-free bit-by-bit monitoring method; optical transport network; survivable optical transport networks; Circuits; Condition monitoring; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal processing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766022
