[nsp] Computing optical link power budget

From: Joe McGuckin (joe@monk.via.net)
Date: Thu Jun 28 2001 - 18:31:39 EDT

Most manufacturers quote power output and sensitivity of
optical interfaces as ranges. e.g.:

Transmit power Receive Power
-15 to -8 dBm -31 to -8 dBm

Which numbers should IU use to figure out how much budget to work with ?

Thanks,

Joe

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