Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768126
