<s>
A	O
dispersion-limited	B-Protocol
operation	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
operation	O
of	O
a	O
communications	O
link	O
in	O
which	O
signal	O
waveform	O
degradation	O
attributable	O
to	O
the	O
dispersive	O
effects	O
of	O
the	O
communications	O
medium	O
is	O
the	O
dominant	O
mechanism	O
that	O
limits	O
link	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fiber	O
optic	O
communications	O
,	O
dispersion-limited	B-Protocol
operation	I-Protocol
is	O
often	O
confused	O
with	O
distortion-limited	O
operation	O
.	O
</s>
