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CONTENTS

FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
I N TRODU CTI ON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
1 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 N ormati ve references. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Terms an d defin i tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Perform ance speci fication tem plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
An nex A (i nformative) Backg round an d additional i nformation on this specificati on
template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A. 1 Backgrou nd in formation on the structu re of th is specification template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A. 1 . 1 Selectin g “directi onall y correct” term in ol og y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A. 1 . 2 Log ical sequ ence of parameters in Table 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
A. 1 . 3 Perform ance parameters h ierarch ical stru ctu re . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
A. 2 Additional i nformation abou t reference measurement bandwidth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0
Bi bliog raph y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2

Table 1 – Optical ch annel moni tor speci fication template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

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I NTERNATI ONAL ELECTROTECHN I CAL COMMI SSI ON

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DYNAMIC MODULES –
Part 3-2: Performance specification templates –
Optical channel monitor
FOREWORD
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I n tern ati onal Standard I EC 62343-3-2 h as been prepared by su bcom mi ttee 86C: Fibre optic
systems and acti ve devices, of I EC tech nical comm i ttee 86: Fibre optics.

The text of th is docu ment is based on the fol lowin g docu m ents:

CDV Report on voti n g

86C/1 324/CDV 86C/1 371 /RVC

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votin g i ndicated i n the above table.

Th is pu blication has been drafted in accordance wi th the I SO/I EC Di recti ves, Part 2.

A list of al l parts in the I EC 62343 series, pu blished u nder th e g eneral titl e Dynamic modules,
can be fou nd on the I EC website.
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I NTRODUCTI ON
An optical channel m oni tor (OCM) is a dynamic modu le that m easu res the optical
ch aracteristics, m ai nly power an d frequ ency, of each ch annel presen t in a dense waveleng th
di visi on mu lti plexing (DWDM ) transm ission li ne. Th e OCM is typicall y connected to an optical
tap cou pl er wh ich directs to th e OCM anywh ere between 1 % an d 5 % of th e optical sig nal in
th e fibre-optic transm ission li ne. The data reported by the OCM are u sed i n a reconfig u rable
optical add/drop mu l ti plexer (ROADM) to dynam icall y equ alize the power in the optical
ch ann els and to m oni tor the performance of the ch ann els con tin u ou sl y over the l i fetim e of the
system .
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DYNAMIC MODULES –
Part 3-2: Performance specification templates –
Optical channel monitor

1 Scope
Th is part of I EC 62343 provi des a performance speci fication tem pl ate for optical ch ann el
mon itors. The objective of this performance speci ficati on template is to provide a framework
for the performance speci ficati on of th e optical channel monitor.

Addi tional specification parameters may be i nclu ded for detailed product speci ficati ons or
performance speci ficati ons. H owever, specification parameters speci fied in th is docum ent
sh ou ld n ot be removed from the detail produ ct speci fications or perform ance speci fications.

Th is docu men t ou tli nes th e parameters that are u sed to speci fy the performance of th e optical
ch ann el mon itor.

2 Normative references
The following docu men ts, in wh ole or in part, are n orm ati vel y referenced in this docu m en t and
are indispensabl e for i ts application . For dated references, on ly the edition cited appli es. For
u ndated references, th e latest edition of th e referenced docu men t (inclu din g an y
amendm ents) appl ies.

I EC 61 280-2-9, Fibre optic communication subsystem test procedures – Part 2-9: Digital
systems – Optical signal-to-noise ratio measurement for dense wavelength-division
multiplexed systems
I EC 61 300-3-21 , Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test
and measurement procedures – Part 3-21: Examinations and measurements – Switching time
I EC 61 300-3-29, Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Basic test
and measurement procedures – Part 3-29: Examinations and measurements – Spectral
transfer characteristics of DWDM devices
Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components – Fibre optic WDM
I EC 62074-1 ,
devices – Part 1: Generic specification
I EC 62343, Dynamic modules – General and guidance

3 Terms and definitions

For the purposes of thi s docu ment, the terms an d defini ti ons g i ven i n I EC 62343 an d
I EC 61 280-2-9 appl y.

4 Performance specification template

Th is speci fication templ ate is a comprehensive compi lation of all the performance parameters
th at may be rel evant to optical ch annel m on itors. Table 1 inclu des a colum n that in dicates i f a
parameter is requ ired or optional . Th e requ i red param eters i nclu de the performance
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parameters th at are deemed necessary to form a mi nim al speci fication . The optional
parameters can be specified i n additi on to the requi red param eters depen ding on th e specific
requ iremen ts of the transmission system for which i t is design ed.

The produ ct specification template is g i ven in Table 1 . The R/O colu mn refers to whether that
particu lar speci fication item cou ld be considered requ ired or opti onal . The notati on of “na”
sig n ifies th at n o specificati on is provided in that cel l. All Min . and Max. cel ls left blank sh all be
fi lled in wi th a speci fication .

Table 1 – Optical channel monitor specification template

No Parameter name R/ Min. Max. Unit Test method Notes
. O
a
1 I n pu t ch an n el pl an R TH z
b
2 Ch an n el freq u en cy ran g e O TH z I EC 62074-1
c, f
3 I n pu t ch an n el s freq u en cy spaci n g tol eran ce R n /a ± val . TH z U n d er con si d erati on
4 I n pu t ch an n el s power d yn am i c ran g e R dB U n d er con si d erati on
5 I n pu t ch an n el s n on -u n i form i ty R n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
6 I n pu t adj acen t ch an n el s n on -u n i form i ty O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
c
7 I n pu t ch an n el s n on -u n i form i ty for ch an n el i d en ti fi cati on O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
8 I n pu t adj acen t ch an n el s n on -u n i form i ty for ch an n el O n /a dB U n d er con si derati on c
i d en ti fi cati on
9 I n pu t total ban d power d yn am i c ran g e for ch an n el O d Bm U n d er con si derati on
m easu rem en ts
10 I n pu t total ban d power d yn am i c ran g e for total ban d power O d Bm U n d er con si derati on
m easu rem en ts
11 I n pu t OSN R d yn am i c ran g e R d Bm U n d er con si d erati on
d
12 I n pu t ch an n el s bi t rates O G b/s
13 Referen ce m easu rem en t ban dwi d th R n om i n al val u e I EC 61 300-3-29, e
I EC 62074-1
e
14 N oi se equ i val en t ban d wi d th O n om i n al val u e U n d er con si derati on
15 Ch an n el power absol u te error R n /a ± val . dB U n d er con si d erati on
16 Ch an n el power rel ati ve error R n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
17 Ch an n el power vari abi l i ty R n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
18 Ch an n el power resol u ti on i n terval O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
19 Ch an n el power pol ari zati on d epen d en t error O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
20 Total ban d power absol u te error O n /a ± val . dB U n d er con si d erati on
21 Total ban d power rel ati ve error O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
22 Total ban d power vari abi l i ty O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
23 Total ban d power resol u ti on i n terval O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
f
24 Freq u en cy absol u te error O n /a ± val . GHz U n d er con si d erati on
25 Freq u en cy rel ati ve error O n /a GHz U n d er con si d erati on
26 Freq u en cy vari abi l i ty O n /a GHz U n d er con si d erati on
27 Freq u en cy resol u ti on i n terval O n /a GHz U n d er con si d erati on
28 Freq u en cy pol ari zati on depen den t error O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
29 OSN R absol u te error O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on f
± val .
30 OSN R rel ati ve error O n /a dB U n d er con si d erati on
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No Parameter name R/ Min. Max. Unit Test method Notes

. O
31 OSN R vari abi l i ty O n /a dB U n d er con si derati on
32 OSN R resol u ti on i n terval O n /a dB U n d er con si derati on
33 OSN R pol ari zati on d epen den t error O n /a dB U n d er con si derati on
34 Back refl ecti on R n /a dB U n d er con si derati on
35 Operati n g tem peratu re R ºC -
36 Storag e tem peratu re R ºC -
37 Operati n g rel ati ve h u m i d i ty R % -
38 Storag e rel ati ve h u m i di ty R % -
39 Respon se ti m e R n /a ms I EC 61 300-3-21
40 Repeatabi l i ty ti m e i n terval R n /a ms U n d er con si derati on
a I n pu t ch an n el pl an i s a param eter th at i s wel l su i ted i n th e con text of DWDM tran sm i ssi on system s operati n g on fi xed I TU
g ri d s, as d efi n ed i n I TU -T G . 694. 1 , of eq u al ch an n el spaci n g . I n su ch appl i cati on s, th e freq u en cy ban d param eter i s
con si d ered opti on al , as i t can be d eri ved u si n g i ts d efi n i ti on an d th e i n pu t ch an n el pl an speci fi cati on . H owever i n th e
con text of DWDM tran sm i ssi on system s operati n g on fl exi bl e I TU g ri d s of varyi n g ch an n el spaci n g , th e i n pu t ch an n el pl an i s
n o l on g er a rel evan t param eter. Th e frequ en cy ban d param eter takes preced en ce an d becom es a req u i red (R) param eter.
I n th i s case, th e m axi m u m n u m ber of ch an n el s sh al l be speci fi ed as wel l as th e g ran u l ari ty of th e fl exi bl e ban dwi d th
stru ctu re. N ote th at th e opti cal ch an n el m on i tor does n ot d i sti n g u i sh between opti cal ch an n el s an d opti cal su b-carri ers
wi th i n a ch an n el . Th e opti cal ch an n el m on i tor si m pl y perform s th e power m easu rem en t over th e speci fi ed m easu rem en t
i n teg rati on ban d wi d th .
I t i s u n i versal l y u n d erstood th at an y opti cal power m easu rem en t sh al l be speci fi ed over an opti cal freq u en cy (or
wavel en g th ) ran g e. For exam pl e, opti cal spectru m an al yser (OSA) i n stru m en ts sh al l be set to a d esi red resol u ti on
ban d wi d th before a spectral m easu rem en t can be perform ed . Si m i l arl y, for opti cal ch an n el m on i tors, th e referen ce
m easu rem en t ban d wi d th an d th e n oi se eq u i val en t ban dwi d th are key param eters wh en d efi n i n g th e perform an ce
speci fi cati on .
Th e referen ce m easu rem en t ban d wi d th i s a param eter th at i s rel ated to ch an n el an d total power m easu rem en ts. Th e opti cal
ch an n el m on i tor reports th e power i n teg rated over th e referen ce m easu rem en t ban d wi d th . Th e accu racy of th at
m easu rem en t can on l y be d eterm i n ed by com pari n g i t to a m easu rem en t on a referen ce i n stru m en t, typi cal l y a cal i brated
OSA i n stru m en t, over th e sam e referen ce m easu rem en t ban d wi d th .
b Th e i n pu t ch an n el s frequ en cy spaci n g tol eran ce param eter i s appl i cabl e to both fi xed an d fl exi bl e I TU g ri d speci fi cati on s. I n
th e case of fl exi bl e I TU g ri d s, th i s speci fi cati on m ay be broken ou t based on di fferen t ch an n el spaci n g val u es, as l asers
m od u l ated at h i g h er bi t rates ten d to be speci fi ed wi th ti g h ter freq u en cy tol eran ces. An al tern ati ve i s to si m pl y speci fy th e
freq u en cy tol eran ces of th e i n pu t si g n al s based on th ei r bi t rate an d m odu l ati on form at.
c Ch an n el i d en ti fi cati on i s u sed i n th i s d ocu m en t to cover a broad ran g e of m ean i n g s d epen d i n g on th e appl i cati on . I n th e
con text of a DWDM system tran sm i tti n g at bi t rates n o h i g h er th an 1 0G b/s, ch an n el i d en ti fi cati on can m ean th at th e opti cal
ch an n el m on i tor sh al l report th e ch an n el s presen t. I n th e con text of a DWDM system tran sm i tti n g wi th ch an n el s wi th a m i x
of bi t rates u p to 1 00 G b/s, ch an n el i den ti fi cati on can be en h an ced to d i sti n g u i sh 40 G b/s an d 1 00 G b/s ch an n el s from 1 0
G b/s ch an n el s by th ei r spectral sh ape. I n th e con text of DWDM system s tran sm i tti n g wi th ch an n el s wi th a m i x of bi t rates u p
to 1 Tb/s on fl exi bl e g ri d s, th e h ost can actu al l y provi de th e ch an n el pl an to th e opti cal ch an n el m on i tor, i n wh i ch case
ch an n el i d en ti fi cati on becom es n ot appl i cabl e. I n pu t param eters rel ated to ch an n el i d en ti fi cati on are speci fi ed separatel y
from oth er i n pu t param eters du e to th e fact th at ch an n el i d en ti fi cati on can pose u n i q u e ch al l en g es.
d Th e m i n i m u m an d m axi m u m ch an n el bi t rates can be speci fi ed g en eri cal l y. I t can be h el pfu l for cl ari ty to speci fy th e i n pu t
ch an n el s m odu l ati on form ats. Th i s i n form ati on can take th e form of h i g h resol u ti on opti cal spectra to i n su re th at th e spectral
sh ape i s fu l l y taken i n to accou n t i n th e perform an ce speci fi cati on of th e opti cal ch an n el m on i tor.
e Val u es are n om i n al . Refer to I EC 61 300-3-29, an d I EC 62074-1 for ad di ti on al d etai l s.
f Absol u te error i s by d efi n i ti on th e d evi ati on from a referen ce m easu rem en t. A g i ven m easu rem en t can be g reater or l esser
th an th e referen ce m easu rem en t. Th u s i t i s com m on to see th e absol u te error be speci fi ed as a pl u s or m i n u s val u e. Th e
speci fi cati on can th erefore be expressed wi th th e "pl u s" an d th e "m i n u s" errors l i sted respecti vel y u n d er th e m ax an d m i n
col u m n s. On th e oth er h an d , for al l practi cal pu rposes, th e absol u te error of con cern i s th e absol u te val u e of th e error
m easu red . I n oth er word s, th e m ag n i tu d e of th e error m atters m ore th an i ts si g n . I n Tabl e 1 , th e param eters speci fi ed as a
pl u s or m i n u s error arou n d a referen ce are d en oted wi th " ± val " i n th e m ax col u m n . Bu t a speci fi cati on wi th " + val " u n d er
th e M ax col u m n an d "- val " u n d er th e M i n col u m n i s an acceptabl e al tern ati ve.
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Annex A
(informative)

Background and additional information on this specification template

A.1 Background information on the structure of this specification template
A.1 .1 Selecting “directionally correct” terminology
Term i nolog y i n marketing literature is often sel ected to appear favou rable and this is tru e for
th e termi nolog y for optical ch ann el mon itors.

As an example, datasheets can typical ly specify “channel power accu racy of ± 1 , 0 dB”. I t
wou l d be techn icall y correct bu t ambig u ou s to say that “the channel power accu racy
increased from ± 1 , 0 dB to ± 0, 5 dB”, because the valu e i tself decreased. I t wou ld be clearer
to say th at “th e ch ann el power error decreased from ± 1 , 0 dB to ± 0, 5 dB”. Th is last statem en t
cou ld be described as bei ng “di recti on all y correct”. I n th e comm ercial m arketpl ace, on th e
other hand, promoting “channel power accuracy” rather th an “ch an nel power error” is
preferred.

Th is I n ternati onal Stan dard u ti lizes termi nolog y that offers th e m ost clari ty as opposed to the
term inolog y th at is more prevalen t i n th e marketplace. For exam ple, in Table 1 :
• "error" was selected instead of "accu racy";
• "n on-u ni form ity" was sel ected instead of "u n iform i ty";
• "variabi li ty" was sel ected instead of "repeatabil ity";
• "resol u tion-in terval " was selected instead of "resolu tion ".
A.1 .2 Logical sequence of parameters in Table 1
The parameters l isted i n Tabl e 1 fol low a l og ical sequ ence beg inn in g with the in put
parameters, fol lowed by th e performance param eters, an d en di ng with operating parameters.

I n pu t param eters specify the enti re rang e of optical in pu t condi tions for whi ch the
performance parameters appl y. I n general , the g reater the rang e of i npu t parameters, th e
g reater the specified error of an optical channel m on itor. I n th is part of I EC 62343, the
term inolog y for inpu t parameters is m ade expl ici t by i nclu sion of the word inpu t between
parameter 1 to 1 2. For example, one i n pu t parameter is th e inpu t ch ann els non-u n iform i ty. As
th e inpu t channels non-u ni form ity i ncreases, the more chal len gi ng i t becomes for the channel
mon itor to measure a ch ann el wi th relati vel y low optical power when su rrou nded by channels
with rel atively h igh optical power. Th is is becau se the accu racy of th e m easu remen t of the
rel ati vel y l ow optical power channel will be impacted by optical crosstalk from the
neig hbou ring chan nels wi th rel atively h ig h optical power.

Perform ance parameters su ch as ch ann el power absolu te error are g rouped in the m iddle of
Table 1 from parameter 1 5 to 34.

Operati ng param eters can be fou nd towards the end of Table 1 from parameter 35 and
inclu de the word operating in the term . An example operatin g parameter is operati ng
temperatu re. These parameters represen t th e rang e of operating condi tions over wh ich the
performance parameters shall m eet th eir speci fications. I n g eneral , the broader the rang e of
th e operating specifications, the more ch alleng in g i t is for th e optical channel moni tor to
main tain a specified performance specification .

The expl ici t i den ti fication of inpu t condi tions an d operating param eters is helpful to formu late
th e defini ti ons for the performance param eters: they can be gl obal ly referenced in the
defi ni tions wi th th e si mple phrase “speci fied over all i npu t and operating rang es”.
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A.1 .3 Performance parameters hierarchical structure

The term inolog y for th e performance parameters follows a h ierarchical stru ctu re. Th e
hierarchical constru ct can be u sed to create all th e possible perm u tations for all the possi bl e
performance parameters that can be speci fied. Al l su ch perm u tations are sh own in Table 1 .
Bu t typicall y, n ot all performance parameters are speci fi ed in practice. To reflect this, man y
such parameters are l isted as opti onal in Table 1 .

The h ierarch ical stru ctu re consists of a root param eter and parameter attribu te. Root
parameters are:
• chann el power;
• total ban d power;
• OSN R;
• frequ ency.
Each of th ese root parameters can be combin ed with an y of the fol lowin g performance
attribu tes:
• absolu te error;
• relative error;
• variabil ity;
• resolu tion interval.
Th is hierarch ical stru ctu re also facil itates the stream lining of al l the defini ti ons associated with
each performance attribu te. I n th is docu men t, m ost of the defini tions of the performance
parameters are formed accordin g to th e foll owi ng templ ates:
• [root parameter] absol u te error: the maximu m di fference between the measu red [root
parameter] and the calibrated reference [root parameter], (within specific condi ti ons
relevant to th is root parameter) , du ri ng one m easu remen t with in the response ti me,
speci fied over all inpu t an d operatin g rang es;
• [root parameter] relati ve error: th e maxim u m variati on of th e [root parameter] absolu te
error, du ri ng one measu rem ent with in the response ti me, speci fi ed over al l in put and
operati ng ran g es;
• [root parameter] vari ability: the maxim um variation of the [root parameter] absolu te error
over the repeatabi li ty tim e i nterval at a gi ven inpu t and operati ng con dition , specified over
all i npu t and operati ng ran g es;
• [root parameter] resolu ti on in terval : the small est incremen t of the reported [root
parameter] m easu remen t val u e.

A.2 Additional information about reference measurement bandwidth

The reference measurem en t bandwi dth is a valu e selected according to the bit rate and
modu lati on format of the optical sig nal s bein g m easured.
• Typicall y, sm aller reference measu remen t bandwidths are design ed for optical sig nals
m odu lated at sym bol rates of 1 0 Gb/s and bel ow.
• For optical sign als modu lated at sym bol rates of 40 Gb/s and above, the reference
m easu remen t bandwi dth is increased to insu re that th e enti re spectru m of the si gn al is
accou nted for i n the optical power measu remen t.
• For optical sig n als modu lated at sym bol rates of 400 Gb/s and above, th e chan nel pl ans
can be defined on a fl exible g rid. I n th is case, the host system can provide the reference
m easu remen t bandwidth to the optical channel m oni tor for each i ndi vi du al channel in the
scan .
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The noise equ i valen t bandwidth is a parameter that sh all be defined to accu ratel y
ch aracterize th e perform ance param eters related to OSN R. Since OSN R is an optional
performance parameter, so is th e noise equ ivalent bandwidth .
• To com pu te th e OSN R, it is u sefu l to fi rst com pu te th e si gnal power, which is the ch an nel
power less th e optical n oise, both measu red i n th e specifi ed reference measu remen t
bandwidth .
• U sing the sig nal power ( Pi ) and th e optical noise ( Ni ) of th e ith channel, as wel l as the
reference measu remen t ban dwi dth ( B r ) an d the n oise equi val ent bandwidth ( B m ) , the
OSN R can th en be calcu lated as defined in I EC 61 280-2-9:

Pi Bm
OSNR = 1 0log 1 0 + 1 0 log 1 0 dB (A. 1 )
Ni Br
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Bibliography
I TU -T G. 694. 1 , Spectral grids for WDM applications: DWDM frequency grid

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