Title :
Evolutions of a pan-european network over truewave-RS fiber enabled by flexible grid and coherent detection
Author :
Bruno, Gianmarco ; Riccardi, Emilio ; Rossaro, A. ; Cugini, F. ; Sambo, Nicola
Author_Institution :
Ericsson Telecomun., Genova, Italy
Abstract :
We investigate possible evolutions of an optical backbone over TrueWave-RS. Maximum inter-capital capacity is obtained with fixed-grid 50-GHz spaced DP-QPSK 100G wavelengths when the interplay between spectral efficiency and XPM is considered.
Keywords :
cellular radio; digital radio; optical communication; telecommunication traffic; DP-QPSK; XPM; coherent detection; fixed-grid 50-GHz; flexible grid; inter-capital capacity; optical backbone; pan-European network; spectral efficiency; truewave-RS fiber; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
