Sub-Nyquist field trial using time frequency packed DP-QPSK super-channel within fixed ITU-T grid

Autor: Luca Giorgi, Fabio Cavaliere, S. Hackett, Francesco Fresi, Marco Secondini, Gianluca Berrettini, A. Petronio, R. Forgan, A. Leong, C. Pfander, Gianluca Meloni, Tommaso Foggi, Luca Poti, P. Nibbs, R. Masciulli
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: Optics Express. 23:16196
ISSN: 1094-4087
DOI: 10.1364/oe.23.016196
Popis: Sub-Nyquist time frequency packing technique was demonstrated for the first time in a super-channel field trial transmission over long-haul distances. The technique allows a limited spectral occupancy even with low order modulation formats. The transmission was successfully performed on a deployed Australian link between Sydney and Melbourne which included 995 km of uncompensated SMF with coexistent traffic. 40 and 100 Gb/s co-propagating channels were transmitted together with the super-channel in a 50 GHz ITU-T grid without additional penalty. The super-channel consisted of eight sub-channels with low-level modulation format, i.e. DP-QPSK, guaranteeing better OSNR robustness and reduced complexity with respect to higher order formats. At the receiver side, coherent detection was used together with iterative maximum-a-posteriori (MAP) detection and decoding. A 975 Gb/s DP-QPSK super-channel was successfully transmitted between Sydney and Melbourne within four 50GHz WSS channels (200 GHz). A maximum potential SE of 5.58 bit/s/Hz was achieved with an OSNR = 15.8 dB, comparable to the OSNR of the installed 100 Gb/s channels. The system reliability was proven through long term measurements. In addition, by closing the link in a loop back configuration, a potential SE∙d product of 9254 bit/s/Hz·km was achieved.
Databáze: OpenAIRE