Title :
8 × 120 Gb/s transmission over a cascade of two spans with a total loss in excess of 120 dB
Author :
Do-il Chang ; Patki, P. ; Burtsev, Sergey ; Pelouch, Wayne
Author_Institution :
Xtera Commun., Inc., Allen, TX, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes developments in unrepeatered systems architecture which result in a significant reduction of Capital and Operational Expenditures. We report 8 × 120 Gb/s transmission over a cascade of two legacy spans of 303.5 km (59.7 dB) and 342.9 km (60.8 dB).
Keywords :
error statistics; forward error correction; marine communication; BER; capital expenditures; loss 120 dB; operational expenditures; regional-festoon submarine communication systems; soft-decision forward error correction; umepeatered sγstems; Dispersion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical noise; Q measurement; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
