• DocumentCode
    1945814
  • Title

    High spectral efficiency for long-haul optical links: Time-frequency packing vs high-order constellations

  • Author

    Colavolpe, Giulio ; Foggi, T.

  • Author_Institution
    Dipt. di Ing. dell´Inf., Univ. of Parma, Parma, Italy
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    22-26 Sept. 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We investigate the time-frequency packing technique on long-haul optical links in order to increase the spectral efficiency. This solution is compared to high-order formats at equal bit or baud rate, demonstrating that higher spectral efficiency can be more effectively reached.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; optical links; time-frequency analysis; baud rate; bit rate; high-order constellations; long-haul optical links; optical networks; spectral efficiency; time-frequency packing technique;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    London
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-84919-759-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp.2013.1621
  • Filename
    6647814