Power Consumption of a Minimal-DSP Coherent Link with a Polarization Multiplexed Pilot-Tone

Konferenz: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
18.09.2016 - 22.09.2016 in Düsseldorf, Deutschland

Tagungsband: ECOC 2016

Seiten: 3Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Lundberg, Lars; Andrekson, Peter A.; Karlsson, Magnus (Dept. of Microtechnology and Nanoscience, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Fougstedt, Christoffer; Larsson-Edefors, Per (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Inhalt:
We experimentally study the trade-off between performance and DSP power consumption. While minimal DSP allows transmission of 16QAM at 5 GBaud, the symbol rate can be increased if an extra equalizer is added, leading to energy savings in optical components.