Title :
Transmission over 9,100 km with a capacity of 49.3 Tb/s using variable spectral efficiency 16 QAM based coded modulation
Author :
Cai, J.-X. ; Zhang, Haijun ; Batshon, H.G. ; Mazurczyk, Matt ; Sinkin, O.V. ; Sun, Yue ; Pilipetskii, A. ; Foursa, D.G.
Author_Institution :
TE SubCom, Eatontown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We transmit 49.3 Tb/s over 9,100 km using 282 16QAM coded modulation channels with spectral efficiency matched to the transmission system´s spectral performance. The 81×162 Gb/s and 201x180 Gb/s channels operate at constant symbol rate and channel spacing.
Keywords :
modulation coding; optical fibre communication; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication channels; 16 QAM; bit rate 162 Gbit/s; bit rate 180 Gbit/s; bit rate 49.3 Tbit/s; channel spacing; coded modulation channels; constant symbol rate; distance 9100 km; spectral efficiency; transmission system; Bandwidth; Decoding; Modulation; Optical fibers; Parity check codes; Rails; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.Th5B.4
