Title :
Superchannel for next-generation optical networks
Author :
Xiang Liu ; Chandrasekhar, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
To enable sustainable communication capacity growth, the cost per information bit needs to be continuously reduced. Superchannels, with their improved spectral efficiency and natural compatibility with large-scale photonic/electronic integration, are expected to be well suited to meet this demand. Equipped with digital signal processing at both the transmitters and the receivers, superchannel-based transmission may play a key role in the future evolution of optical networks to support the ever-increasing demand for internet traffic and cloud services and enable software-defined optical networking.
Keywords :
channel capacity; cloud computing; next generation networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; telecommunication traffic; Internet traffic; cloud services; digital signal processing; large-scale photonic-electronic integration; next-generation optical networks; software defined optical networking; spectral efficiency; superchannel based transmission; sustainable communication capacity growth; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Tutorials;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M2G.3
