Optical route design system and method for analyzing the performance of an optical fiber transmission path
AssigneeAlcatel
InventorCory D. Hess
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Abstract
An optical route design system and method are described that can effectively calculate and display for a user how much margin there is in a design of an optical span. Basically, the optical route design system has a processor capable of determining whether a design of an optical span is an operable optical span and also capable of performing a margin analysis on the operable optical span to determine how much change the operable optical span can tolerate before the operable optical span becomes an inoperable optical span. The optical route design system also includes a display capable of presenting the results of the margin analysis to a user.
Claims7
A method for analyzing the performance of a design of an optical span, said method comprising the steps of:
- selecting components that make-up the optical span;
- optimizing the optical span to make an operable optical span;
- performing a margin analysis on said operable optical span to determine how much change said operable optical span can tolerate in a plurality of case types before said operable optical span becomes an inoperable optical span, wherein said step of performing a margin analysis on said operable optical span further includes the steps of:
- receiving at least one parameter identifying incremental changes that are to be made to said operable optical span;
- incorporating an incremental change into at least one component of said operable optical span in accordance with a case type;
- analyzing the changed optical span;
- determining whether the changed optical span is an operable optical span;
- determining whether all of the components of the optical span and all of the case types have been analyzed;
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- presenting the results of the margin analysis to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.