Impact of physical layer impairments on optical network performance

Sandro M. Rossi, Miriam R. X. Barros, Mônica L. Rocha, João B. Rosolem, Alberto Paradisi, Fabiano J. L. Padua, Edson Moschim

DOI: 10.14209/its.2002.797

Evento: 2002 International Telecommunications Symposium (ITS2002)

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Abstract

"We theoretically estimate the on-line BER of a mesh and ring optical network, while taking into account the impact of crosstalk and amplifier noise generation along the signal propagation over assigned lightpaths."

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