Nokia Bell Labs, Deutsche Telekom T-Labs and the Technical University of Munich have achieved unprecedented transmission capacity and spectral efficiency in an optical communications field trial with a new modulation technique. The research could extend the capability of optical networks to meet surging data traffic demands.
The demonstration shows that the flexibility and performance of optical networks can be maximised when adjustable transmission rates are dynamically adapted to channel conditions and traffic demands. As part of the Safe and Secure European Routing (SASER) project, the experiment over a deployed optical fibre network of Deutsche Telekom achieved a net 1 Terabit transmission rate.
Nokia Bell Labs will present the results of this joint experiment at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2016 in Dusseldorf, Germany, on 19 September.
