Receiver-Based Experimental Estimation of Power Losses in Optical Networks

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Abstract

We propose a method to estimate the amplitude of an unexpected power loss which, leveraging on a calibration, enables the real-time monitoring of a network link. It is based on an existing fiber-longitudinal power profile evaluation technique. The reliability of the method is assessed experimentally. When the anomaly is located at 0 km from the beginning of the span, the estimation bias is smaller than 0.2 dB for losses up to 10 dB. When the anomaly is located at 25 km from the beginning of the span, the same estimation bias is observed but for losses up to 5 dB. In both cases, the standard deviation of the estimation is smaller than 0.2 dB.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1238-1241
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume33
Issue number22
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • Optical fiber communication
  • digital signal processing
  • monitoring

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