• DocumentCode
    3701179
  • Title

    Long Haul transmission of four-dimensional 64SP-12QAM signal based on 16QAM constellation for longer distance at same spectral efficiency as PM-8QAM

  • Author

    Tatsuya Nakamura;Emmanuel Le Taillandier de Gabory;Hidemi Noguchi;Wakako Maeda;Jun´ichi Abe;Kiyoshi Fukuchi

  • Author_Institution
    Green Platform Research Laboratories, NEC Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose a new 4D coded modulation format, 64SP-12QAM, with same SE as PM-8QAM and straightforwardly-switchable with PM-16QAM. We experimentally demonstrated over 0.2 dB better sensitivity for 64SP-12QAM compared to PM-8QAM, enabling a transmission reach extension to 6,000 km at 6b/s/Hz.
  • Keywords
    "Digital signal processing","Sensitivity","Gain","Optical modulation","Optical sensors","Receivers"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341874
  • Filename
    7341874