Outage Dynamics of 40Gb/s Optical Paths Routed over PMD-Impaired Fiber Links

PMD related routing criteria are discussed for transparent dynamic routing of 40Gb/s channels using realistic PMD dynamics obtained from measurement of an installed multi-span fiber link exhibiting simulated outage events oflmin up to 7h duration.

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