Digital back-propagation of a superchannel: Achievable rates and adaption of the GN model

Tobias Fehenberger, Norbert Hanik

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Abstract

The impact of back-propagating an entire superchannel and sub-channels thereof is quantified by evaluating mutual information. We report a 50 Gb/s per channel increase in data rate. Additionally, the Gaussian Noise model is adapted to take into account back-propagation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuropean Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9782954944401
DOIs
StatePublished - 20 Nov 2014
Event2014 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2014 - Cannes, France
Duration: 21 Sep 201425 Sep 2014

Publication series

NameEuropean Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC

Conference

Conference2014 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2014
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityCannes
Period21/09/1425/09/14

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