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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528034
