Field experiments at 10 Gbit/s over 80, 160 and 240 km of standard singlemode fibre installed between Sesimbra and Lisbon using dispersion supported transmission technique

10 Gbit/s dispersion supported transmission (DST) experiments over up to 240 km of installed standard singlemode fibre (SMF) have been carried out using the existing fibre infrastructure between Sesimbra and Lisbon in Portugal, which is a part of the CPRM terrestrial fibre network. These experiments demonstrate the robustness of DST under real operating conditions.