3rd International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom)

Research Article

Testbed for 100 Gb/s Ethernet

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444723,
        author={Gianluca Berrettini and Gianluca Meloni and Mirco Scaffardi and Francesco Paolucci and Luca Valcarenghi and Piero Castoldi and Antonella Bogoni and Luca Pot\'{\i} and Filippo Cugini and Rodolfo Di Muro and Bimal Nayar},
        title={Testbed for 100 Gb/s Ethernet},
        proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom)},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Optical networks 100Gb/s Ethernet Alloptical processing Optical Time Division Multiplexing (OTDM).},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444723}
    }
    
  • Gianluca Berrettini
    Gianluca Meloni
    Mirco Scaffardi
    Francesco Paolucci
    Luca Valcarenghi
    Piero Castoldi
    Antonella Bogoni
    Luca Potì
    Filippo Cugini
    Rodolfo Di Muro
    Bimal Nayar
    Year: 2010
    Testbed for 100 Gb/s Ethernet
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444723
Gianluca Berrettini1,*, Gianluca Meloni1, Mirco Scaffardi1, Francesco Paolucci1, Luca Valcarenghi1, Piero Castoldi1, Antonella Bogoni2, Luca Potì2, Filippo Cugini2, Rodolfo Di Muro3, Bimal Nayar3
  • 1: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna Pisa, Italy
  • 2: CNIT Pisa, Italy
  • 3: Ericsson Ltd Coventry, UK
*Contact email: gianluca.berrettini@cnit.it

Abstract

A testbed implementation for 100 Gb/s Ethernet Optical Time Division Multiplexing experiments is described along with optical subsystems used in its implementation. Testbed potentialities relating to Wavelength Division Multiplexing and hybrid Wavelength/Polarization Division Multiplexing implementations are also described. First experimental results at 20 Gb/s are carried out demonstrating a power penalty lower than 1 dB.