• DocumentCode
    1779134
  • Title

    ROADM cascade performance in DD multi-band OFDM metro networks employing virtual carriers

  • Author

    Rosario, Joao P. F. ; Alves, Tiago M. F. ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V. T.

  • Author_Institution
    Opt. Commun. & Photonics Group, Univ. de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    142
  • Lastpage
    143
  • Abstract
    A cascade of ROADMs in direct-detection multi-band (MB) OFDM metro networks employing virtual carriers is analyzed numerically. Results indicate that, for a 3-band MB-OFDM network with 40 km-spans, 26 ROADMs can be traversed with BER<;10-3.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; multiplexing equipment; 3-band MB-OFDM network; DD multiband OFDM metro networks; ROADM cascade performance; direct-detection multiband OFDM networks; virtual carriers; Bandwidth; Barium; Bit error rate; Noise; OFDM; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Receivers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995252
  • Filename
    6995252