Capacity limits of optical fiber networks

RJ Essiambre, G Kramer, PJ Winzer… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We describe a method to estimate the capacity limit of fiber-optic communication systems
(or¿ fiber channels¿) based on information theory. This paper is divided into two parts. Part 1 …

Capacity trends and limits of optical communication networks

RJ Essiambre, RW Tkach - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the first deployments of fiber-optic communication systems three decades ago, the
capacity carried by a single-mode optical fiber has increased by a staggering 10 000 times …

Future prospects for FEC in fiber-optic communications

BP Smith, FR Kschischang - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews the application of forward error correction (FEC) techniques to long-haul
fiber-optic communication systems. A brief tutorial on error-correcting codes and a …

Capacity limits of information transport in fiber-optic networks

RJ Essiambre, GJ Foschini, G Kramer, PJ Winzer - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
The instantaneous optical Kerr effect in optical fibers is a nonlinear phenomenon that can
impose limits on the ability of fiber-optic communication systems to transport information. We …

Achievable information rate in nonlinear WDM fiber-optic systems with arbitrary modulation formats and dispersion maps

M Secondini, E Forestieri, G Prati - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2013 - opg.optica.org
The problem of analytical evaluation of the maximum rate at which information can be
reliably transmitted on a nonlinear wavelength division multiplexing fiber-optic channel with …

Information-theoretic tools for optical communications engineers

E Agrell, M Secondini - 2018 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Information-Theoretic Tools for Optical Communications Engineers Page 1 Information-Theoretic
Tools for Optical Communications Engineers (Invited Tutorial) Erik Agrell Department of …

Achievable information rates for nonlinear fiber communication via end-to-end autoencoder learning

S Li, C Häger, N Garcia… - … European Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Machine learning is used to compute achievable information rates (AIRs) for a simplified
fiber channel. The approach jointly optimizes the input distribution (constellation shaping) …

Capacity of a nonlinear optical channel with finite memory

E Agrell, A Alvarado, G Durisi… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The channel capacity of a nonlinear, dispersive fiber-optic link is revisited. To this end, the
popular Gaussian noise (GN) model is extended with a parameter to account for the finite …

Scope and limitations of the nonlinear Shannon limit

M Secondini, E Forestieri - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The concept and significance of the so called nonlinear Shannon limit are reviewed and
their relation to the channel capacity is analyzed from an information theory point of view. It …

Increasing the information rates of optical communications via coded modulation: a study of transceiver performance

R Maher, A Alvarado, D Lavery, P Bayvel - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Optical fibre underpins the global communications infrastructure and has experienced an
astonishing evolution over the past four decades, with current commercial systems …