Title :
Transmission reach of optical-OFDM superchannels with 10–600 Gb/s for transparent bit-rate adaptive networks
Author :
Klekamp, Axel ; Dischler, Roman ; Buchali, Fred
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
Transmission reach limits are derived for adaptive O-OFDM superchannels with channel bit-rates of 10-600Gb/s and QPSK/n-QAM modulation formats. An analytical formula is presented for use of OFDM superchannels in gridless adaptive network scenarios.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; QPSK-n-QAM modulation format; adaptive O-OFDM superchannel; adaptive optical-OFDM superchannel; bit rate 10 Gbit/s to 600 Gbit/s; channel bit-rate; gridless adaptive network; transparent bit-rate adaptive network; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Optical noise; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
