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Ross Saunders

at Oclaro Inc

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Proceedings Article | 23 January 2010 Paper

Non-binary LDPC-coded modulation for high-speed optical metro networks with backpropagation

Murat Arabaci, Ivan Djordjevic, Ross Saunders, Roberto Marcoccia

Proceedings Volume 7621, 76210I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841393

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Binary data, Polarization, Optical networks, Forward error correction, Dispersion, Transmitters, Computer programming, Receivers, Optical amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 10 September 2007 Paper

Can 100Gb/s wavelengths be deployed using 10Gb/s engineering rules?

Ross Saunders, Gary Nicholl, Kevin Wollenweber, Ted Schmidt

Proceedings Volume 6774, 67740B (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.752572

KEYWORDS: Dense wavelength division multiplexing, Modulation, Tolerancing, Standards development, Interfaces, Networks, Optical filters, Polarization, Forward error correction, Digital signal processing

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A key challenge set by carriers for 40Gb/s deployments was that the 40Gb/s wavelengths should be deployable over existing 10Gb/s DWDM systems, using 10Gb/s link engineering design rules. Typical 10Gb/s link engineering rules are: 1. Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) tolerance of 10ps (mean); 2. Chromatic Dispersion (CD) tolerance of ±700ps/nm; 3. Operation at 50GHz channel spacing, including transit through multiple cascaded [R]OADMs; 4. Optical reach up to 2,000km. By using a combination of advanced modulation formats and adaptive dispersion compensation (technologies rarely seen at 10Gb/s outside of the submarine systems space), vendors did respond to the challenge and broadly met this requirement. As we now start to explore feasible technologies for 100Gb/s optical transport, driven by 100GE port availability on core IP routers, the carrier challenge remains the same. 100Gb/s links should be deployable over existing 10Gb/s DWDM systems using 10Gb/s link engineering rules (as listed above). To meet this challenge, optical transport technology must evolve to yet another level of complexity/maturity in both modulation formats and adaptive compensation techniques. Many clues as to how this might be achieved can be gained by first studying sister telecommunications industries, e.g. satellite (QPSK, QAM, LDCP FEC codes), wireless (advanced DSP, MSK), HDTV (TCM), etc. The optical industry is not a pioneer of new ideas in modulation schemes and coding theory, we will always be followers. However, we do have the responsibility of developing the highest capacity "modems" on the planet to carry the core backbone traffic of the Internet. As such, the key to our success will be to analyze the pros and cons of advanced modulation/coding techniques and balance this with the practical limitations of high speed electronics processing speed and the challenges of real world optical layer impairments. This invited paper will present a view on what advanced technologies are likely candidates to support 100GE optical IP transport over existing 10Gb/s DWDM systems, using 10Gb/s link engineering rules.

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