Wdm-Expert Software Option - Viavi 8100 V2 Series User Manual

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When the measurement is finished the green bar disappears and the result is

shown in the table.

Result trace of an I-OSNR measurement

The table will show the following results:

Wavelen/Freq: will be displayed in nm or in THz

Spacing: channel spacing in THz

Level: total integrated channel power in dBm

Noise: in-band noise power normalized to 0.1nm noise bandwidth

I-OSNR: in-band OSNR measured Gaussian or no Filter approximation

WDM-Expert Software option

The WDM-Expert option is a software option, available on Viavi OSA-110M//110R and

OSA-500/500M/500RS.

This option allows to perform Real time analysis (no additional measurement time

required) and can be used as a post analysis software on already measured links.

A new test parameter is available in WDM-table, Data Rate, allowing to get an

Expert analysis of each optical channel to derive transmitted data rate

Indication of per channel data rate and pol-mux modulation

Chapter 8 Optical Spectrum Measurement

WDM-Expert Software option

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