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A high-loss loopback monitoring system enhancement using an increased averaging repeatability at the supervisory receiver

MOUSAAB M. NAHAS1,*

Affiliation

  1. Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Abstract

We present theoretical and experimental investigation of enhancing the performance of a WDM-based high-loss loopback monitoring system using an increased number of averages of the returned supervisory pulses. We prove that the electrical signal-to-noise ratio of the supervisory signal is significantly improved with more averaging repeatability at the supervisory receiver. We also show that such an enhancement will be at the expense of the pulse measurement time if large number of averages is used. Therefore, we explore the optimal averaging situation in which the monitoring performance is reasonably enhanced while a satisfactory measurement time is simultaneously maintained..

Keywords

Fiber-Optics, Monitoring, Submarine Cables, WDM.

Citation

MOUSAAB M. NAHAS, A high-loss loopback monitoring system enhancement using an increased averaging repeatability at the supervisory receiver, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 12, 9-10, September-October 2018, pp.536-541 (2018).

Submitted at: Dec. 11, 2017

Accepted at: Oct. 10, 2018