Transoceanic Transmission Systems Using Adaptive Multirate FECs

Author

Ghazisaeidi, Amirhossein ; Schmalen, Laurent ; Fernandez de Jauregui Ruiz, Ivan ; Tran, Patrice ; Simonneau, Christian ; Brindel, Patrick ; Charlet, Gabriel

Author_Institution

Centre de Villarceaux, Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France

Volume

33

Issue

7

fYear

2015

fDate

April1, 1 2015

Firstpage

1479

Lastpage

1487

Abstract

We study, for the first time, the impact of applying multiple forward error correction codes (FEC) with rates adapted to channel performance fluctuations of a wavelength-division-multiplexed C+L-band PDM-16QAM transmission system over transoceanic distances, with EDFA-only amplification. The extra capacity, due to adaptive multirate FEC, as a function of system reach is quantified, both with and without digital postcompensation of nonlinearity.

Keywords

adaptive codes; erbium; forward error correction; modulation coding; nonlinear codes; optical fibre amplifiers; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; EDFA-only amplification; adaptive multirate FEC; channel performance; forward error correction code; nonlinearity. digital postcompensa- tion; polarization division multiplexed system; transoceanic transmission system; wavelength division multiplexed C+L-band PDM-16QAM transmission system; Forward error correction; Gain; L-band; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Parity check codes; Underwater vehicles; Adaptive multirate FEC; PDM 16-QAM; adaptive multi-rate FEC,; digital backpropagation; submarine transmission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2015.2399174

Filename

7031864