Effect of link margins and frequency granularity on the performance and modulation format sweet spot of multiple flexgrid optical networks

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2014

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages

  Mitra, Abhijit ^a,b   Lord, Andrew ^a   Kar, Subrat ^a   Wright, Paul ^a  

^a MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CAPACITY INCREASE; FLEXGRID OPTICAL NETWORKS; LARGE NETWORKS; LINK MARGIN; MODULATION FORMATS; SWEET SPOT;

OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION;

EID: 85088766921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2014.w3a.6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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