Title :
OSNR system margin monitoring technique for coherent transparent optical networks
Author :
Dahan, David ; Mahlab, Uri
Author_Institution :
ECI Telecom, Petach Tikva, Israel
Abstract :
We propose a novel approach for transparent and in-service OSNR system margin monitoring for coherent optical modulation formats. This technique is demonstrated experimentally for a 120.6 Gb/s DP-QPSK channel in both dispersion and non-dispersion managed links.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; telecommunication network management; DP-QPSK channel; OSNR system margin monitoring technique; bit rate 120.6 Gbit/s; coherent optical modulation format; coherent transparent optical network; dispersion managed link; nondispersion managed link; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio; OSNR system margin; coherent modulation formats; optical performance monitoring;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876409
