Inspec keywords: optical fibre networks; optical fibre amplifiers; erbium; telecommunication control; observers; feedback amplifiers; scheduling; automatic gain control; power control; linearisation techniques; nonlinear control systems; feedforward amplifiers

Other keywords: optical communication network; feedback control; feedforward control; steady-state gain scheduling technique; nonlinear integral control; erbium-doped fibre amplifier; average inversion level; photon power transient; electronic automatic gain control; Er; simple linearised flrst-order observer; EDFA; signal add-drop; signal power transient control; nominal pump power

Subjects: Phase and gain control; Fibre lasers and amplifiers; Nonlinear control systems; Optical fibre networks; Power and energy control; Control applications in optical communication