• 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