Title :
Relationship between electrical bandwidth and FEC overhead in a 100GbE digital coherent transceiver
Author :
Desbruslais, S.R. ; Savory, S.J.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
The finite electrical bandwidth of a digital coherent transceiver constrains the maximum FEC overhead. We investigate through simulations of a 100GbE system employing PDM-QPSK the impact that electrical bandwidth has on the optimal code rate which minimizes the required OSNR.
Keywords :
quadrature phase shift keying; transceivers; FEC overhead; OSNR; PDM-QPSK; digital coherent transceiver; finite electrical bandwidth; optimal code rate; Bandwidth; Filtering; Optical noise; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Transceivers; Transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621324
