Title :
Capacity upgrade in WDM submarine cable system
Author :
Shibano, Eiichi ; Taga, Hidenori ; Kawazawa, Toshio ; Goto, Koji
Author_Institution :
KDD Submarine Cable Syst. Inc., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
The capacity upgrade from 20 Gbit/s to 160 Gbit/s in a WDM submarine cable system has been designed based on the experimental study of the dependency of the repeater output power and the number of wavelength.
Keywords :
optical cables; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 to 60 Gbit/s; EDFA; Q factor; WDM submarine cable system; capacity upgrade; experimental study; long-haul system; repeater output power; short-haul system; wavelength; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Light sources; Optical filters; Power generation; Power transmission lines; Q factor; Repeaters; Signal to noise ratio; Underwater cables; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1999. APCC/OECC '99. Fifth Asia-Pacific Conference on ... and Fourth Optoelectronics and Communications Conference
Conference_Location :
Beijing, China
Print_ISBN :
7-5635-0402-8
DOI :
10.1109/APCC.1999.824538
