High bit rate WDM system performance evaluation, effect of seasonal temperature fluctuations

Author

Bourdoucen, Hadj

Author_Institution

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Sultan Qaboos University, POBox 33, Al-Khodh, PC 00123, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

Volume

2009-Supplement

fYear

2009

fDate

2-6 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Effect of seasonal temperature fluctuations on performance 160 Gbps optical fiber networks with chromatic dispersion compensation is studied. Total compensation is obtained by adjusting both length of compensating fiber and compensation slope factors of transmission fiber that vary with seasonal temperature. Based on numerical models on temperature dependence and measurements data, numerical simulation studies have been performed. The obtained results show quantitative compensation requirements for seasonal thermal effects for the range of temperatures considered during seasonal changes in Muscat area of more than 60 degrees. The results show also that NRZ coding format is more tolerant to seasonal temperature fluctuations than RZ coding format.

Keywords

Bit rate; Chromatic dispersion; Fluctuations; Numerical models; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber networks; System performance; Temperature dependence; Temperature measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; DCF; WDM; dispersion compensation; high bit rate; seasonal temperature fluctuation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2009 Asia

Conference_Location

Shanghai, China

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-877-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-877-3

Type

conf

Filename

5405292