Optical fber communication networks play an important role in the global telecommunication network.However,nonlinear efects in the optical fber and transceiver noise greatly limit the performance of fber communication...Optical fber communication networks play an important role in the global telecommunication network.However,nonlinear efects in the optical fber and transceiver noise greatly limit the performance of fber communication systems.In this paper,the product of mutual information(MI)and communication bandwidth is used as the metric of the achievable information rate(AIR).The MI loss caused by the transceiver is also considered in this work,and the bit-wise MI,generalized mutual information(GMI),is used to calculate the AIR.This loss is more signifcant in the use of higher-order modulation formats.The AIR analysis is carried out in the QPSK,16QAM,64QAM and 256QAM modulation formats for the communication systems with diferent communication bandwidths and transmission distances based on the enhanced Gaussian noise(EGN)model.The paper provides suggestions for the selection of the optimal modulation format in diferent transmission scenarios.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2022YFE0202100)EU Horizon 2020 MSCA Grant 101008280 and UK Royal Society Grant(IES\R3\223068).
文摘Optical fber communication networks play an important role in the global telecommunication network.However,nonlinear efects in the optical fber and transceiver noise greatly limit the performance of fber communication systems.In this paper,the product of mutual information(MI)and communication bandwidth is used as the metric of the achievable information rate(AIR).The MI loss caused by the transceiver is also considered in this work,and the bit-wise MI,generalized mutual information(GMI),is used to calculate the AIR.This loss is more signifcant in the use of higher-order modulation formats.The AIR analysis is carried out in the QPSK,16QAM,64QAM and 256QAM modulation formats for the communication systems with diferent communication bandwidths and transmission distances based on the enhanced Gaussian noise(EGN)model.The paper provides suggestions for the selection of the optimal modulation format in diferent transmission scenarios.