Receiver Sensitivity—Bit Error Rate (BER)

Compatibility:

The performance criteria for digital receivers if governed by the bit-error-rate (BER), defined as the probability of incorrect identification of a bit by the decision circuit of the receiver. Receiver BER – Q factor.osd shows the BER and Q factor at the data recovery stage for different values of input power.

Receiver BER – Q factor

If you change the signal input power, you can calculate Q Factor and BER versus attenuation, in addition to BER versus Q factor (see Figure 1 for Maximum Q factor vs. Attenuation, Figure 2 for Minimum BER vs. Attenuation, and Figure 3 for minimum BER vs. Maximum Q factor).

Optical System - Figure 1 - Q Factor x Attenuation

Figure 1: Q Factor x Attenuation

Optical System - Figure - 2 - BER x Attenuation

Figure 2: BER x Attenuation

Optical System - Figure 3 - BER x Q Factor

Figure 3: BER x Q Factor