Title :
10,000 km 21.4Gb/s WDM APS-DPSK with high spectral efficiency for ultra-long-haul submarine upgrades
Author :
Oberland, Richard ; Webb, Steve ; Desbruslais, Steve ; Schwartz, Jörg ; Barnes, Stuart
Author_Institution :
Xtera Commun. Ltd., Romford
Abstract :
21.4 Gb/s APS-DPSK transmission over 10,000 km has been achieved over legacy submarine fibre demonstrating that upgrades to transpacific links are possible at double the spectral efficiency of previous 10 Gbps ASK systems.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; marine communication; oceanographic equipment; submarine cables; wavelength division multiplexing; APS-DPSK transmission; WDM APS-DPSK; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 21.4 Gbit/s; legacy submarine fibre; spectral efficiency; transpacific links; ultra-long-haul submarine upgrades; Amplitude shift keying; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Optical noise; Polarization; Programmable control; Pulse shaping methods; Signal to noise ratio; Underwater vehicles; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729166
