Title :
Chromatic dispersion compensation — An energy consumption perspective
Author :
Pillai, Bipin S. G. ; Sedighi, Behnam ; Shieh, William ; Tucker, Rodney
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We estimate the energy consumption of digital-signal-processing-based chromatic dispersion (CD) compensation in wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) systems and show that energy efficiency of digital electronic compensation is comparable to that of optical fibre-based compensation.
Keywords :
compensation; energy consumption; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; chromatic dispersion compensation; digital electronic compensation; digital signal processing; energy consumption; energy efficiency; optical fibre-based compensation; wavelength division multiplexing; Energy consumption; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
