Title :
Mixed Bitrate and Modulation Format Upgrades of Non-Slope Matched Submarine Links
Author :
Freund, Ronald ; Molle, Lutz ; Caspar, Christoph ; Schwartz, Jörg ; Webb, Steve ; Barnes, Stuart
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer-Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut, Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin, Germany, Ronald.Freund@hhi.fraunhofer.de
Abstract :
New channels at higher bitrates using RZ-DPSK modulation are added to N×10.7-Gbit/s-ASK signals operating over transoceanic distances. Experiments and simulations are used to analyse performance and limitations, with 20-Gbit/s-RZ-DPSK being a strong candidate for upgrades.
Keywords :
Amplitude shift keying; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Underwater vehicles; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800954
