Title :
Performance evaluation of FEC codes in highly spectrally efficient 42.6 Gbit/s coherent WDM optical transmission system
Author :
Healy, T. ; Gunning, F. C Garcia ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Tyndall Nat. Inst., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
We report the first evaluation of FEC codes operating at 42.6 Gbit/s in a coherent WDM transmission system with a spectral efficiency of 1 bit/s/Hz.
Keywords :
forward error correction; light coherence; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; 42.6 Gbit/s; FEC codes; Performance evaluation; WDM; coherent optical transmission system; spectral efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
