Exploring Channel Probing to Determine Coherent Optical Transponder Configurations in a Long-Haul Network

8-12 March 2020, OFC, paper W1J.2.

8-12 March 2020 Kaeval, K., Rafique, D., Blawat, K., Grobe, K., Grießer, H., Elbers, J.P., Rydlichowski, P., Binczewski, A. & Tikas

Keywords: light coherence , optical communication equipment , optical fibre networks , transponders

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Abstract:

We use channel probing to determine the best transponder configurations for spectral services in a long-haul production network. An estimation accuracy better than ±0,7dB in GSNR margin is obtained for lightpaths up to 5738km.