DWDM Based

SuperChannel
NS Khawaja Waleed Iqbal
NS Usman Shahid
NS Alamgir Nasir
NS Musaub Shaikh
GC M. Sami
What is DWDM?
Stands for Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
Multiplexing technique in which a number of carrier signals with
different wavelengths are multiplexed onto a single medium.
Used in Optical Fiber (long haul network)
Theoretically, 80 different (virtual)channels are possible in a single
channel.
Dense WDM is a type which multiplexes optical signals within
1550nm band.
Communication is bi-directional with a data rate of 2.5Gbps(approx)
What is DWDM? (cont.)
Also called Wave Division Multiplexing.
DWDM is the answer of fiber exhaust.
Demand for internet services is growing 40% each year.
Lack of network engineers
A few papers were published regarding the capacity and service
provided by it.
These paper provided the physical
and engineering practicality.

Superchannel
An evolution in DWDM.
Several carrier waves are combined to create a composite line side
signal of desired capacity, brought into service in one operational
cycle
The advantage, the achievable data rate is 1Tbps.
Increased high spectral efficiency and operational scalability.

Problems addressed by SuperChannel
Scaling bandwidth without scaling operational procedures
Optimizing DWDM capacity and reach
Supporting the next generation of high speed services

The most recent innovation that enables a practical increase in
bandwidth with long haul reach is coherent detection
A primer on Modulation
A simple form of modulation called Intensity Modulation Direction
Detection(IMDD).
Encodes single bit in each symbol representing one cycle of a clock.
Optical fiber impairments(attenuation, non-linearity, chromatic
aberration etc) must be factored in network design.
Implementing SuperChannels
No finalized standards of currently exists.
Unresolved issues of number of carriers, data rates, level of
component integration.
Highly dependent on implementation decisions.
Should be able to answer all 3 issues discussed earlier
Transmitting more symbols

Two Drawbacks
First, electronics will also need to operate at 320 Gbaud.
This level of integrated electronics will not be available for next
decade.
Second is that the high symbol rate will encounter significantly higher
implementation penalty with todays modulation type.

Key point


Both single carrier and super-channel implementations have about the
same spectral efficiency, but the super-channel has far better optical
performance and it is possible to build it using technology that will be
available in the near future.
Importance of Photonic Integration
The PIC enables hundreds of optical functions to be collapsed into two small chips the size of a
fingernail enabling, in this example, 10 x 100 Gb/s in a single line card
Conclusion
Conclusion(cont.)
Technological advances allows an increase data rates to 100 Gb/s
These technologies will soon be close to their practical or theoretical
limits for an individual wavelength
Flexibility will be a key factor in super-channel architectures. A flexible
coherent modulation type is key to optimizing the combination of
reach and spectral efficiency
Large scale photonic integration is a critical technology in producing
super-channel