eprintid: 1452576 rev_number: 33 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/45/25/76 datestamp: 2014-10-24 19:22:36 lastmod: 2021-10-04 01:44:49 status_changed: 2014-10-24 19:22:36 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Ives, DJ creators_name: Bayvel, P creators_name: Savory, SJ title: Adapting Transmitter Power and Modulation Format to Improve Optical Network Performance Utilizing the Gaussian Noise Model of Nonlinear Impairments ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 note: © 2014 IEEE. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. For more information, see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ abstract: This paper serves to highlight the gains in SNR margin and/or data capacity that can be achieved through a proper optimization of the transceiver parameters, for example, launch power, modulation format, and channel allocation. A simple quality of transmission estimator is described that allows a rapid estimation of the signal quality based on ASE noise and nonlinear interference utilizing the Gaussian noise model. The quality of transmission estimator was used to optimize the SNR and maximise the data throughput of transmission signals in a point-to-point link by adjusting the launch power and modulation format. In a three-node network, the launch power and channel allocation were adjusted to minimise the overall effect of nonlinear interference. This paper goes on to show that by optimizing the transceiver modulation format as part of the channel allocation and routing problem gains in network data throughput can be achieved for the 14-node NSF mesh network. date: 2014-11-01 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2014.2346582 vfaculties: VENG oa_status: green full_text_type: pub primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_source: WoS-Lite elements_id: 987202 doi: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2346582 lyricists_name: Bayvel, Polina lyricists_name: Ives, David lyricists_name: Savory, Sebastian lyricists_id: PBAYV08 lyricists_id: DJIVE80 lyricists_id: SSAVO08 full_text_status: public publication: JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY volume: 32 number: 21 pagerange: 4087 - 4096 issn: 0733-8724 citation: Ives, DJ; Bayvel, P; Savory, SJ; (2014) Adapting Transmitter Power and Modulation Format to Improve Optical Network Performance Utilizing the Gaussian Noise Model of Nonlinear Impairments. JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY , 32 (21) 4087 - 4096. 10.1109/JLT.2014.2346582 <https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2014.2346582>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1452576/1/06874486.pdf