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ZTE achieves 400G ultra-long transmission

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Harmeet
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ZTE has announced at the European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), that it has set a new world record in 400G high-speed transmission.

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In the experiment, ZTE used its patent technology to achieve 40 DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) channels of 400 Gbps single-carrier polarization division multiplexing QPSK (PDM-QPSK) signals to successfully transmit 2,800 km in standard single-mode fiber, smashing the world record of 1,200 km transmission distance of single-carrier 400G.

Single-carrier transmission has simple transmitting and receiving structures and is easy to manage therefore, it is the preferred solution to increase channel rate and system capacity.

The previous record for single-carrier 400G transmission was 1,200 km, in which special expensive fibers and all-optical Raman amplification technology were used. In this experiment, ZTE used its patent technology to achieve 40 WDM channels of 400Gbps. Single-carrier PDM-QPSK signals is a highly developed modulation scheme with the acute receiver sensitivity.

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The technology makes it possible to employ widely-used standard single-mode fibers and ordinary EDFAs (Erbium-doped Fiber Amplifiers ) to achieve ultra-long-distance system transmission without major modifications to the already deployed fiber infrastructure.

This experiment achieved a successful long-distance transmission of 2800 km (35 spans, 80 km per span), demonstrating the feasibility of deploying beyond 100G in the current fiber transmission system with an ultra-long haul optical reach.

At the same time, the single carrier system reaches 108Gbaud, the highest symbol rate in the industry. ZTE has long been committed to the development of 100G and 400G/1T technologies as well as R&D and the application of product solutions. Utilising its R&D of cutting-edge 100G and beyond-100G high-speed signal transmission technologies, ZTE has tackled several key technologies in this field in the recent years with successful results.

The company is one of the first equipment manufacturers to implement single-channel 11.2 Tbps optical signal in the experiment and successfully created the signal to transmit 640km in standard single-mode fibers, breaking the world record of single-channel 1Tb/s transmission distance. ZTE accomplished 24Tb/s (24x1.3Tb/s) WDM signal transmission, the world’s first WDM system at Terabit/s.

In February 2012, ZTE, in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom, successfully completed 2450km ultra-long-distance hybrid transmission of 100G/400G/1T signals in Germany, setting an on-site experiment record marking the longest distance of high-speed signal hybrid transmission in the industry.

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