Title :
Increasing maximum capacity on installed submarine cable systems with RZ-DPSK transceivers
Author :
Manna, Massimo ; Golovchenko, Ekaterina A.
Author_Institution :
Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ
Abstract :
The capabilities of legacy submarine systems are significantly enhanced using RZ-DPSK transceivers. Single channel systems are upgraded to WDM, capacity of WDM systems is significantly increased, and distance is extended through concatenation of existing segments.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optical transmitters; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; RZ-DPSK transceivers; WDM; submarine cable systems; Forward error correction; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Stimulated emission; Transceivers; Underwater cables; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590575
