Undersea soliton transmission systems : key issues and challenges

Author

Desurvire, E.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France

fYear

1996

fDate

35172

Firstpage

42370

Lastpage

42376

Abstract

While soliton systems exhibit clear advantages over conventional NRZ systems, rapid progress towards reaching 100 Gbit/s WDM aggregate capacity (and possibly beyond) is required in order to offer competitive alternatives in the transoceanic communications market. Transoceanic soliton system prototypes worth being investigated should not only offer larger amplifier spacings and a minimum number of active control components for cost-effectiveness (including R and D costs), but also greater Q-factor margins to take into account component imperfections, failures and system aging processes. Last but not least, supervisory techniques are yet to be defined for such advanced soliton systems

Keywords

Q-factor; optical cables; optical fibre communication; optical solitons; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; Gbit/s WDM aggregate capacity; NRZ systems; Q-factor margins; R and D costs; active control components; advanced soliton systems; component imperfections; cost-effectiveness; larger amplifier spacings; supervisory techniques; system aging processes; transoceanic communications market; transoceanic soliton system prototypes; undersea soliton transmission systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Optical Solitons: Principles and Applications, IEE Colloquium on

Conference_Location

Birmingham

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/ic:19960538

Filename

543507