Method of and system for diagnosing optical system failures
US6215565A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 27, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/07953
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of monitoring performance of an optical communications system measures (i) sub-carrier signal-to-noise ratio, (ii) optical signal signal-to-noise ratio, and (iii) measuring optical signal bit error rate, and diagnoses a system component failure based upon measured sub-carrier signal-to-noise ratio, optical signal signal-to-noise ratio, and optical signal bit error rate.
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