Title :
Experimental demonstration of mixed formats and bit rates signal allocation for spectrum-flexible optical networking
Author :
Borkowski, Robert ; Karinou, Fotini ; Angelou, Marianna ; Arlunno, Valeria ; Zibar, Darko ; Klonidis, Dimitrios ; Gonzalez, Neil Guerrero ; Caballero, Antonio ; Tomkos, Ioannis ; Monroy, Idelfonso Tafur
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We report on an extensive experimental study for adaptive allocation of 16-QAM and QPSK signals inside spectrum flexible heterogeneous superchannel. Physical-layer performance parameters are extracted for use in resource allocation mechanisms of future flexible networks.
Keywords :
optical communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; resource allocation; 16-QAM signals; QPSK signals; adaptive allocation; bit rates signal allocation; physical-layer performance parameters; resource allocation mechanisms; spectrum flexible heterogeneous superchannel; spectrum-flexible optical networking; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying; Resource management;
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
