Method of and system for determining the performance of heterogeneous optical transmission system

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of determining the performance of a heterogeneous optical transmission system, which preferably comprises wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), wherein said heterogeneous optical transmission system comprises a plurality of preferably homogenous optical transmission subsystems (i), characterized by determining a criterion (Phi) for said performance of the heterogeneous optical transmission system depending on a weighted combination of performance criteria (Phi⁽ⁱ⁾) of said optical transmission subsystems (i). The present invention further relates to a system for determining the performance of a heterogeneous optical transmission system comprising wavelength division multiplexing (WDM), wherein said heterogeneous optical transmission system comprises a plurality of preferably homogenous optical transmission subsystems (i).