DocumentCode
562113
Title
Physical impairment aware planning of next generation WDM backbone networks
Author
Zami, Thierry
Author_Institution
Optics Division, Alcatel-Lucent, Route de Villejust, 91620 Nozay, France
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We discuss and illustrate the evolution of the "Quality of Transmission" estimators suitable for optimized planning of next generation WDM networks featuring coherent detection, elastic spectral efficiency, and flexible optical network nodes.
Keywords
Degradation; Optical noise; Phase shift keying; Planning; Signal to noise ratio; WDM networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6192132
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