Title :
Experimental demonstration of Tb/s optical transport network based on CO-OFDM superchannel with heterogeneous roadm nodes supporting single-fiber bidirectional communications
Author :
Qi Yang ; Shanhong You ; Gangxiang Shen ; Zhixue He ; Ming Luo ; Zhu Yang ; Shaohua Yu ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Opt. Comm. Tech. &Networks, Wuhan Res. Inst., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate a Tb/s optical transport network based on CO-OFDM superchannel employing two types of ROADMs. The functional operations of bidirectional communication over single-fiber links, optical channel switching, and sub-band switching are verified.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; multiplexing equipment; optical fibre networks; optical links; optical switches; telecommunication channels; CO-OFDM superchannel; functional operations; heterogeneous ROADM nodes; optical channel switching; optical transport network; reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer; single-fiber bidirectional communications; single-fiber links; subband switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical switches; Optical transmitters;
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
