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Design as optical fiber link for transmitting 15Mb/sec of data for a distance of 4 km with BER of 109.
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Solution:

Bandwidth x Length =15Mb/sec×4 km=(60Mb/sec)km

Selecting optical source: LED at 820 nm is suitable for short distances. The LED generates 10dBm optical powers.

Selection of optical fiber: Step-index multimode fiber is selected. The fiber has bandwidth length product of 100(Mb/s)km.

Splicing loss Is=0.5 dB/ slice

Connector loss Ic=1.5 dB

System link power margin Pm8 dB

Fiber attenuation αf=6 dB/km

Actual total loss =(2×lc)+αfL+Pm

PT=(2×1.5)+(6×4)+8

PT=35 dB

Maximum allowable system loss:

Pmax= Optical source output power- optical receiver sensitivity Pmax=10dBm(50dBm)Pmax=40dBm

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