Title :
Coherent 100G field trial over installed fiber links: Investigating key network scenarios and applications [Invited]
Author :
Zhou, Yu Rong ; Smith, Kevin ; Wilkinson, Mark ; Payne, Roger ; Lord, Andrew ; Bennett, Tex ; Frankel, Michael
Author_Institution :
BT Innovate & Design, British Telecommun. plc, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
We report a successful coherent 100G field trial over installed fiber links of a total of 769 km, investigating the performance of coherent technology for key network scenarios and applications including network upgrade, a new dispersion-compensation-module-less network design, polarization mode dispersion tolerance and support for alien wavelengths. In addition, we evaluated the end to end transport performance of 100GE and 10GE client signals.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; coherent technology; dispersion-compensation-module-less network design; end to end transport performance; fiber links; field trial; polarization mode dispersion tolerance; Adaptive optics; Color; Dispersion; Nonlinear optics; Optical polarization; Optical variables measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Phase modulation; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of
DOI :
10.1364/JOCN.4.000B35
