CA2172873C - Method of determining optical amplifier failures - Google Patents

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CA2172873C
CA2172873C CA002172873A CA2172873A CA2172873C CA 2172873 C CA2172873 C CA 2172873C CA 002172873 A CA002172873 A CA 002172873A CA 2172873 A CA2172873 A CA 2172873A CA 2172873 C CA2172873 C CA 2172873C
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Maurice Stephen O'sullivan
Richard A. Habel
Christopher Brendan Kennedy
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    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
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    • H04B10/079—Arrangements for monitoring or testing transmission systems; Arrangements for fault measurement of transmission systems using an in-service signal using measurements of the data signal
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Abstract

The invention is directed to a failure detection system and method for detecting malfunction of an optical amplifier module with one or multiple transmission channels. The failure detection system comprises means for measuring a performance parameter of the module; means for providing an expected performance parameter; and a comparator unit for receiving the performance parameter and the expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when the performance parameter substantially departs from the expected performance parameter. The system also includes a display/alarm unit for receiving the error signal and accordingly signaling failure of said module. The performance parameter is an output value of the module; a correspondence between an output value and an input value for a transmission channel; a figure of merit(FOMt=t); a set of gains (g) for all transmission channels; and the dynamic range of the amplifier module.

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1. A failure detection system for an optical amplifier module, comprising:
means for measuring a performance parameter of said module;
a memory unit for providing a predetermined expected performance parameter;
a comparator unit for receiving said performance parameter and said expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when said performance parameter departs from said expected performance parameter; and a display/alarm unit for receiving said error signal and accordingly signaling a failure of said module.
2. A failure detection system for an optical amplifier module, comprising:
means for measuring a performance parameter of said module;
a memory unit for providing a predetermined expected performance parameter;
and a comparator unit for receiving said performance parameter and said expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when said performance parameter departs from said expected performance parameter, wherein said means for measuring further comprises:
means for supplying an input value as a function of the power of an incoming optical signal received by said amplifier module on a transmission channel; and means for supplying an output value as a function of the power of an outgoing optical signal transmitted by said amplifier module on said transmission channel.
3. A failure detection system for an optical amplifier module, comprising:
means for measuring a performance parameter of said module;
a memory unit that stores an expected performance parameter; and a comparator unit for receiving said performance parameter and said expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when said performance parameter departs from said expected performance parameter, wherein said means for measuring further comprises:
means for supplying an input value as a functions of the power of an incoming optical signal received by said amplifier module on a transmission channel; and means for supplying an output value as a function of the power of an outgoing optical signal transmitted by said amplifier module on said transmission channel; and wherein said comparator unit comprises:

a first comparator for comparing said output value with a provisioned output value stored in said memory unit and producing said error signal; and a second comparator for comparing, in response to said error signal, said input value to a threshold stored in said memory unit and producing one of a module fail alarm signal and input low alarm signal.
4. A failure detection system for an optical amplifier module, comprising:
means for measuring a performance parameter of said module;
a memory unit that stores an expected performance parameter; and a comparator unit for receiving said performance parameter and said expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when said performance parameter departs from said expected performance parameter, wherein said means for measuring further comprises:
means for supplying an input value as a function of the power of an incoming optical signal received be said amplifier module on a transmission channel;
means for supplying an output value as a function of the power of an outgoing optical signal transmitted by said amplifier module on said transmission channel;
means for estimating the amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) value;
means for supplying a pump power value as a function of the power injected by a laser pump of said amplifier module on said transmission channel; and a calculation unit for receiving said input value, said output value, said ASE
value, and said pump power value and determining a figure of merit as said expected performance parameter.
5. A failure detection system for a multi-channel optical amplifier module having a plurality (M) of transmission channels, comprising:
means for measuring a performance parameter of said module;
memory for storing a predetermined expected performance parameter; and a comparator unit for comparing said performance parameter with said expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when said performance parameter departs from said expected performance parameter.
6. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a display/alarm unit for receiving said error signal and accordingly indicating a failure of said module.
7. A failure detection system for a multi-channel optical amplifier module having a plurality (M) of transmission channels, comprising:

means for measuring a performance parameter of said module;
a memory unit for storing an expected performance parameter; and a comparator unit for comparing said performance parameter with said expected performance parameter and producing an error signal when said performance parameter departs from said expected performance parameter, wherein said means for measuring comprises:
means for supplying an input value (I m) for each transmission channel (m) as a function of the power of an incoming optical signal received by said amplifier module on said transmission channel (m), where m is an integer m~ [1,M]; and means for supplying an output value (O m) for each transmission channel (m), as a function of the power of an outgoing optical signal transmitted by said amplifier module on said transmission channel (m).
8. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said means for measuring further comprises:
a first calculation arrangement for receiving said (M) output values and determining a combined measured output value F(O);and a second calculation arrangement for receiving said (M) input values and determining a combined measured input value J(I).
9. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said comparator unit comprises:
a first comparator for comparing said combined measured output value F(O) with a combined provisioned output value stored in said memory unit and producing said error signal; and a second comparator for comparing, in response to said error signal, said combined input value with a threshold (T) stored in said memory unit and generating one of a module fail alarm signal and input low alarm signal.
10. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said means for measuring comprises:
a minimum detector for determining a first transmission channel (n) having the minimum wavelength;
means for determining a first gain (g m) and a second gain (gn), said first and second gains being calculated as a function of the ratio between said output and said input values for said respective transmission channels (m) and (n);

a first calculation arrangement for receiving said second gain g n, and receiving from said memory unit a corresponding calibrated gain G n, and calibrated gain tilt coefficients C n and C m for said transmission channels (n) and (m) respectively, calculating a first term as a difference (g n -G n), and adjusting said difference according to the ratio C
n/C m; and a second calculation arrangement for receiving said gain g m, receiving from said memory unit a corresponding calibrated gain G m, and calculating a second term as a difference (g m-G m).
11. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 10, where said comparator unit compares said adjusted first term with said second term.
12. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said means for comparing comprises:
a first comparator for receiving said measured output value (O m) and comparing each output value with a corresponding provisioned output value (P m) and accordingly generating said error signal; and a second comparator for comparing, in response to said error signal, said input value I1 with a record I1Max, I1Min extracted from said memory means, and generating one of a module fail alarm signal and a fault alarm signal.
13. A failure detection system as claimed in claim 7, wherein said means for measuring comprises:
means for detecting a plurality of gain values (g m), each representing the ratio between the power of an outgoing optical signal and the power of a corresponding incoming optical signal for a respective transmission channel (m);
means for extracting from said memory a plurality (M) of calibrated gain tilt coefficients for all said transmission channels;
a maximum detector for identifying a pair of channels (n) and (m) having a maximum difference between the respective gain tilt coefficients;
a first calculation arrangement for receiving said gain values (g n) and (g m) and calculating an ASE value (FASE calc); and a second calculation arrangement for receiving said ASE value (FASE calc), an input ASE value, measured in said incoming optical signal and an output ASE value measured in said outgoing optical signal and producing an output loss signal.
14. A failure detecting system as claimed in claim 13, wherein said comparator unit comprises a comparator for receiving said output loss signal and a target output loss signal from said memory means and accordingly producing said error signal.
15. A method for detecting failure of an optical amplifier module, comprising the steps of:
providing a predetermined expected performance parameter for said module;
measuring a performance parameter of said module;
comparing said performance parameter with said expected performance parameter to generate an error signal when said performance parameter is different from said expected performance parameter; and triggering an alarm/display unit with a true/false signal for accordingly indicating a failure of said module.
16. A method for detecting failure of an optical amplifier module, comprising the steps of:
providing an expected performance parameter for said module;
measuring a performance parameter of said module;
comparing said performance parameter with said expected performance parameter to generate an error signal when said performance parameter is different from said expected performance parameter; and triggering an alarm/display unit with a true/false signal for accordingly indicating a failure of said module, wherein said step of measuring comprises:
measuring, for a plurality (M) of transmission channels, an input value I m, representative of the power of an incoming optical signal on each transmission channel (m);
and measuring, for said plurality (M) of transmission channels, an output value representative of the power of an outgoing optical signal on each transmission channel (m).
17. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is said output value, and said expected performance parameter is a provisioned output value for said transmission channel (m).
18. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is a correspondence between said output value and said input value, and said expected parameter is a correspondence between a provisioned output value and a threshold for a transmission channel (m).
19. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is a correspondence between a combined input value and a combined output value for all said (M) transmission channels, and said expected performance parameter is a correspondence between a threshold and a combined provisioned output value.
20. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is a figure of merit (FOM t=t) and said expected performance parameter is a provisioned figure of merit (FOM t=0).
21. A method as claimed in claim 20, wherein said step of measuring comprises:
determining an input photon flowrate FSIGI n for a transmission channel (n) from said input value;
determining an output photon flowrate FSIGO n for said transmission channel (n) from said output value;
measuring a pump value representative of the power of a laser pump and determining a value FPUMP in;
measuring the value of ASE detected in an incoming optical signal and determining a value FASE in; and measuring the ASE detected in an outgoing optical signal and determining a value FASE out.
22. A method as claimed in claim 21, wherein said step of measuring further comprises calculating said figure of merit using the formula:
23. A method as claimed in claim 21, wherein said step of measuring further comprises calculating said figure of merit using the formula:
24. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is a gain tilt error (e m) and said expected performance parameter is an error threshold.
25. A method as claimed in claim 24, wherein said step of measuring comprises:
determining a gain (g m) for a transmission channel (m) as a ratio between said output value and said input value for each transmission channel; and determining a transmission channel (n) with the smallest wavelength.
26. A method as claimed in claim 25, wherein said step of providing an expected performance parameter comprises:
establishing by calibrated measurement an expected gain G m for each transmission channel (m);
measuring a gain tilt coefficient C m defining the expected relative change in said gain G m; and storing said expected gains, said gain tilt coefficients, and said error threshold in a memory unit.
27. A method as claimed in claim 26, wherein said step of measuring further comprises calculating said gain tilt error according to the formula:
e m=(g m-G m)-(g n-G n)x(C m/C n).
28. A method as claimed in claim 25, wherein said step of providing an expected performance parameter comprises:
establishing by calibrated measurement an expected gain G m for each transmission channel (m) and determining an expected gain G0 using the least square best fit method;
measuring a gain tilt coefficient C m defining the expected relative change in said expected gain G m; and storing said expected gains and said gain tilt coefficients for all transmission channels in a memory unit.
29. A method as claimed in claim 28, wherein said step of measuring further comprises:
determining a performance gain g0 using the least square best fit method; and calculating said gain tilt error according to the formula:
e m=(g m-G m)-(g0-G0)xC m.
30. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is a dynamic range value and said expected performance parameter is an expected dynamic range value.
31. A method as claimed in claim 30, wherein said step of providing said performance parameter comprises:
configuring a 2(M-1) dimension table, where a first dimension (P m) represents a provisioned output value, a second dimension (T m) represents a threshold, and a record (I1Max, I1Min) represents a range for said input value for a transmission channel (1) and (m) represents a transmission channel m~ [2,M); and storing said table in a memory unit.
32. A method as claimed in claim 31, wherein said step of comparing comprises:
extracting from said memory unit said record corresponding to all said input values for transmission channels (n), where n~ [2,M); and also corresponding to all said output values for transmission channels (m), where m~ [1,M); and comparing said input value for said transmission channel (1) with said record.
33. A method as claimed in claim 16, wherein said performance parameter is an output loss and said expected performance parameter is calibrated output loss.
34. A method as claimed in claim 33, wherein said step of measuring comprises:
establishing by calibrated measurement an expected gain G m and calculating a gain tilt coefficient C m defining the expected relative change in said expected gain G m for each transmission channel (m); and storing said gain tilt coefficients for all transmission channels in a memory unit.
35. A method as claimed in claim 34, wherein said step of measuring comprises:
determining a gain (g m) for a transmission channel (m) as a ratio between said output and said input values for all (M) transmission channels;
determining a pair of transmission channels (n,m) with the largest difference between said respective gain tilt coefficients; and calculating an expected additive ASE photon flux according to the formula:
FASE calc =(e A.INV2-1) .gamma.;
where and .alpha., .beta., A and .gamma. are constants are constants characterizing said amplifier module.
36. A method as claimed in claim 35, wherein said step of measuring further comprises calculating said output loss error according to the formula:
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