Crosstalk penalties analysis in mixed line transmission rates (10G‐OOK/40G‐DQPSK/112G‐DP‐QPSK/224G‐DP‐16‐QAM) optical flexible grid networks

Crosstalk penalties in flexible grid networks with mixed rates lead to system degradation due to add/drop in‐band residual power or nonuniform channel grid allocation. These penalties are quantified for 112G‐DP‐QPSK test channel with 10G‐OOK, 40G‐DQPSK, 112G‐DP‐QPSK, and 224G‐DP‐16‐QAM simultaneous optical transmission. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 55:119–122, 2013; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.27269

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