• DocumentCode
    2986979
  • Title

    Mixed Bitrate and Modulation Format Upgrades of Non-Slope Matched Submarine Links

  • Author

    Freund, Ronald ; Molle, Lutz ; Caspar, Christoph ; Schwartz, Jörg ; Webb, Steve ; Barnes, Stuart

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer-Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, Germany, Ronald.Freund@hhi.fraunhofer.de
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    New channels at higher bitrates using RZ-DPSK modulation are added to N×10.7-Gbit/s-ASK signals operating over transoceanic distances. Experiments and simulations are used to analyse performance and limitations, with 20-Gbit/s-RZ-DPSK being a strong candidate for upgrades.
  • Keywords
    Amplitude shift keying; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Underwater vehicles; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800954
  • Filename
    4800954