Assessment of Options for Utilizing SNR Margin to Increase Network Data Throughput

D. J. G. Ives, Polina Bayvel, Seb J. Savory

Optical Fiber Communication Conference · 2015 · 22 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

When optimizing an optical network should we adapt the SNR to the signal or adapt the signal to the available SNR? We show both approaches give comparable results but have different complexity trade-offs.

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