Concatenated FEC experiment over 5000 km long straight line WDM test bed

Author

Puc, A. ; Kerfoot, F. ; Simons, A. ; Wilson, D.L.

Author_Institution

Tyco Submarine Syst. Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

255

Abstract

A concatenated forward error correction (FEC) code yielded 10-dB coding gain in a straight line laboratory experiment over a 5000-km optically amplified test bed. We used this margin to reduce power per channel, and thus nonlinearities, allowing us to demonstrate channel spacings as close as 0.13 nm for 2.5 Gbit/s transmission.

Keywords

encoding; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical noise; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 5000 km; Gbit/s transmission; channel spacing; coding gain; concatenated FEC code; concatenated FEC experiment; concatenated forward error correction code; long straight line WDM test bed; nonlinearities; optically amplified test bed; straight line laboratory experiment; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Channel spacing; Circuit testing; Concatenated codes; Decoding; Forward error correction; Optical amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768126

Filename

768126