Keysight N4917BSCB 400G Optical Receiver Test Application User Guide
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Concepts and Features of N4917BSCB Software
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• Sinusoidal Interferer Frequency (default: 1.9431 GHz)
• Sinusoidal Interferer to Noise Ratio (default: 10 dB)
• Initial SECQ (default ~half of target SECQ)
depicts the N4917BSCB software stress signal calibration
procedure.
Support for transmission standards compliant with IEEE 802.3cd specification –
Comparison with current IEEE 802.3bs standard
The IEEE 802.3cd standard introduces a number of changes for the
stressed receiver sensitivity (SRS) testing compared to the previous IEEE
802.3bs standard. The definitions can be found in IEEE 802.3cd clauses
138, 139, and 140 and affect the following new transmission standards:
• 100GBASE-DR
• 50GBASE-FR, 50GBASE-LR
• 50G/100G/200G/400G-SR (Multimode)
• 400G-FR4 MSA (specification updated to comply with IEEE 802.3cd)
• 100G-FR MSA, 100G-LR MSA
Some of these changes are:
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New Stressed receiver condition SECQ – 10log
10
(Ceq)
The coefficent Ceq was already introduced in IEEE 802.3bs (121.8.5.3)
and describes the noise enhancement factor for the reference (TDECQ)
filter. According to the new cd standard, the Ceq coefficient must be at
least 1 or larger (i.e. 10*log
10
(Ceq) >= 0). The N4917BSCB software
uses a modified initial SECQ optimization procedure (see configuration
variable “ISI generation method”), which. ensures that Ceq is larger
than the specified value (“Ceq target value”) before noise is added to
the signal.
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RINxx.xOMA parameter condition (not measured in current revision)
While the RINxx.xOMA parameter was already defined in the IEEE
802.3bs as transmit characteristic, the IEEE 802.3cd standard adds it
as a new requirement during SRS testing stating that the RINxx.xOMA
should not exceed the value specified in the corresponding transmit
characteristic when the Gaussian noise generator is turned on and the
sinusoidal jitter and sinusoidal interferer are turned off (clause
140.7.10).
This means the RINxx.xOMA can be controlled by the SI to GN ratio
(see configuration variable “Sinusoidal Interferer to Noise Ratio”) and
the user has to increase the SI/GN ratio, if necessary, to meet the
RINxx.xOMA condition.