Introduction of confidence levels for transparent network planning

• Published in: 2009 35th European Conference on Optical Communication pp. 1 - 2
• Main Authors: Morea, A., Zami, T., Leplingard, F.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01-09-2009
• Subjects: Automatic control; Fiber reinforced plastics; Gaussian distribution; Optical fiber networks; Optical propagation; Performance loss; Q factor; Routing; Uncertain systems; Uncertainty
• ISBN: 1424450969; 9781424450961
• ISSN: 1550-381X

Confidence level on connection feasibilities is used to obtain Q-estimate margins when parameter uncertainties are considered. Adding such margins to the Q-estimate instead of fixed margins gives 22% fewer regenerators at same 97.5% confidence level.