Title :
Optical mesh networks employing dynamic transponders and digital back-propagation at higher bit-rates
Author :
Rafique, Danish ; Ellis, Andrew D.
Abstract :
We report for the first time the impact of nonlinear and ROADM-induced penalties on heterogeneous 28 Gbaud PM-m-QAM traffic in a dynamic network. We further indicate the available benefits of single-channel digital back-propagation.
Keywords :
backpropagation; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication computing; telecommunication traffic; transponders; ROADM-induced penalty; bit rate 28 Gbit/s; dynamic network; dynamic transponders; heterogeneous PM-m-QAM traffic; optical mesh networks; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexers; single-channel digital backpropagation; Bit error rate; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
