DWDM Transmission of OTU3 (43 Gb/s) Data over 7000km of Conventional Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted Fiber

Conference: Photonische Netze - 7. ITG-Fachtagung
04/27/2006 - 04/28/2006 at Leipzig, Germany

Proceedings: Photonische Netze

Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Raddatz, Lutz; Berger, Matthias (Lucent Technologies Network Systems GmbH, Thurn-u.-Taxis-Str. 10, 90411 Nürnberg, Germany)
Fishman, Dan (Lucent Technologies, 101 Crawfords Corner Rd., Holmdel, USA)

Abstract:
We report DWDM transmission of 50 x 43 Gb/s (ITU-T G.709 OTU3 format) NRZ-DPSK channels over 7000km of conventional NZDSF, using a mixed Raman/EDFA system with 100km/22dB spans and an advanced FEC implemented in the OTU3 frame.