An optical communication system , the optical communication system comprising: an optical path comprising a plurality of cable segments (116-1..116-n, 126-1..126-n); a terminal station with line monitoring equipment (LME) coupled to the optical path , the LME being configured to: transmit at least one LME test signal along the optical path ; receive a plurality of gain measurements representing gain imparted to the at least one LME test signal through each of the plurality of cable segments(116-1..116-n, 126-1..126-n); derive a resulting LME data set based on the received plurality of gain measurements ; receive a plurality of system parameters associated with the optical communication system ; and generate an output file based at least in part on the resulting LME data set and the system parameters associated with the optical communication system , wherein the at least one LME test signal comprises a plurality of LME test signals, and wherein deriving the resulting LME data set further includes averaging a predetermined number of data sets associated with each of the plurality of LME test signals, and the predetermined number of data sets is based at least in part on a length of the optical path . an optical path comprising a plurality of cable segments (116-1..116-n, 126-1..126-n); a terminal station with line monitoring equipment (LME) coupled to the optical path , the LME being configured to: transmit at least one LME test signal along the optical path ; receive a plurality of gain measurements representing gain imparted to the at least one LME test signal through each of the plurality of cable segments(116-1..116-n, 126-1..126-n); derive a resulting LME data set based on the received plurality of gain measurements ; receive a plurality of system parameters associated with the optical communication system ; and generate an output file based at least in part on the resulting LME data set and the system parameters associated with the optical communication system , wherein the at least one LME test signal comprises a plurality of LME test signals, and wherein deriving the resulting LME data set further includes averaging a predetermined number of data sets associated with each of the plurality of LME test signals, and the predetermined number of data sets is based at least in part on a length of the optical path . transmit at least one LME test signal along the optical path ; receive a plurality of gain measurements representing gain imparted to the at least one LME test signal through each of the plurality of cable segments(116-1..116-n, 126-1..126-n); derive a resulting LME data set based on the received plurality of gain measurements ; receive a plurality of system parameters associated with the optical communication system ; and generate an output file based at least in part on the resulting LME data set and the system parameters associated with the optical communication system , wherein the at least one LME test signal comprises a plurality of LME test signals, and wherein deriving the resulting LME data set further includes averaging a predetermined number of data sets associated with each of the plurality of LME test signals, and the predetermined number of data sets is based at least in part on a length of the optical path . <EOS>