Forward error correction in a 5 Gbit/s 6400 km EDFAbased system
- 17 February 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 30 (4) , 342-343
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19940242
Abstract
For the first time, forward error correction (FEC) was used to improve the performance of a 5 Gbit/s 6400 km erbium doped fibre amplifier based system. Test results show that FEC significantly improves the system margin.Keywords
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