Novel Optical Loss Design Method for WDM Systems

Jian ZHOU  Kazuo HOGARI  Kazuhide NAKAJIMA  Kenji KUROKAWA  Izumi SANKAWA  

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E87-B   No.10   pp.2871-2876
Publication Date: 2004/10/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: PAPER
Category: Optical Fiber for Communications
Keyword: 
optical loss,  WDM,  design,  

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Summary: 
Recently, there have been a number of studies on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) systems designed to increase transmission capacity and flexibility. This has in turn made it necessary to design the optical loss for optical fiber networks over a wide wavelength range. However, there is no general optical loss design method that allows us to employ for an optical fiber network over a wide wavelength range. In this paper, we propose a novel optical loss design and estimation method based on multiple regression analysis and statistical loss design technology for designing new optical fiber networks and for upgrading those that have already been installed. We show that the method can be used for highly accurate optical loss design and estimation from the O- to the L-band (1260 nm to 1625 nm), except for the E-band, by using easily obtainable optical loss values at wavelengths of 1310 and 1550 nm, which are usually used for communication. Moreover, we also show that the accuracy of our proposed method can be improved by selecting proper additional predictor wavelengths.