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
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