• DocumentCode
    3518906
  • Title

    Deployment Challenges at 40 Gbit/s and beyond in Optical Transport Networks

  • Author

    Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. ; Plant, David V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    We investigate the tradeoffs that service providers face in deploying 40 Gbit/s networks due to the convergence of layers. Two predominant modulation formats used in transponders are compared with respect to the level of convergence.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical modulation; transponders; fibre optics communications; optical transport networks; phase modulation; transponders; Binary phase shift keying; Convergence; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Signal to noise ratio; Transponders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528034
  • Filename
    4528034
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3518906