96-GBaud Coded 8-Dimensional 16QAM Transmission over 5,252 km Using Iterative Soft-Output Decoding
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Nakamura, Masanori; Hamaoka, Fukutaro; Matsushita, Asuka; Horikoshi, Kengo; Sano, Akihide; Hirano, Akira; Miyamoto, Yutaka (NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corporation, 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan)
Yamazaki, Hiroshi; Nagatani, Munehiko (NTT Network Innovation Labs., NTT Corporation, 1-1 Hikari-no-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan & NTT Device Technology Labs., NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato-Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan)
Abstract:
We propose novel coded 8-dimensional 16QAM demonstrating 576-Gbps transmission over 5,252km. At the same spectral efficiency, 8D-16QAM using iterative soft output decoding can expand the transmission reach by 1,212km compared to conventional PDM-8QAM.