Title :
Physical impairment aware planning of next generation WDM backbone networks
Author_Institution :
Optics Division, Alcatel-Lucent, Route de Villejust, 91620 Nozay, France
Abstract :
We discuss and illustrate the evolution of the "Quality of Transmission" estimators suitable for optimized planning of next generation WDM networks featuring coherent detection, elastic spectral efficiency, and flexible optical network nodes.
Keywords :
Degradation; Optical noise; Phase shift keying; Planning; Signal to noise ratio; WDM networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
