Title :
Generation and FEC-decoding of a 231.5-Gb/s PDM-OFDM signal with 256-iterative-polar-modulation achieving 11.15-b/s/Hz intrachannel spectral efficiency and 800-km reach
Author :
Liu, Xiang ; Chandrasekhar, S. ; Lotz, T. ; Winzer, P.J. ; Haunstein, H. ; Randel, S. ; Corteselli, S. ; Zhu, B. ; Peckham, D.W.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A 231.5-Gb/s PDM-OFDM signal with 256-iterative-polar-modulation, outperforming 256-QAM by 1.2 dB in required OSNR after soft-FEC decoding, is generated, FEC-decoded, and transmitted over a record distance of 800 km with 11.15-b/s/Hz intrachannel spectral efficiency.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; forward error correction; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; FEC decoding; PDM-OFDM signal; bit rate 231.5 Gbit/s; distance 800 km; iterative polar modulation; Bit error rate; Encoding; Gain; Iterative decoding; Modulation; Optical fibers; Optical polarization;
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
