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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2008
Song Jiang, Watchung, NJ (US);
Colin Kelly, Ottawa, CA;
Xiang Liu, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Derrick Remedios, Ottawa, CA;
Song Jiang, Watchung, NJ (US);
Colin Kelly, Ottawa, CA;
Xiang Liu, Marlboro, NJ (US);
Derrick Remedios, Ottawa, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
For wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) communications, apparatus and methods are provided for performing tone-based optical channel monitoring that is less sensitive to stimulated Raman scattering (SRS). In tone-based optical channel monitoring, in which WDM channels are modulated with one or more tones, detecting and measuring the tone power is commonly used as a measure of signal power in each channel. In WDM systems with long fiber spans and high signal powers, however, SRS tends to transfer energy from shorter wavelengths to longer wavelengths, whereby the tones are no longer accurately indicative of the signal power of the individual wavelength channels. Apparatus and methods are provided which reduce the effect of SRS by filtering the monitored WDM signals into sub-bands and detecting each sub-band independently.
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