Embedded OTDR measurement range extension for future metro-access networks employing in-line SOAs

European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Schmuck, H ^a   Straub, M ^a   Bonk, R ^a   Hehmann, J ^a   Pfeiffer, Th ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; FIBER NETWORKS; FIBER SEGMENTS; MEASUREMENT RANGE EXTENSION; OTDR MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84915820738     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ECOC.2014.6963869     Document Type: Conference Paper

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