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Optical Fiber Communication Conference/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2013
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Demonstration of EDFA Cognitive Gain Control via GMPLS for Mixed Modulation Formats in Heterogeneous Optical Networks
Journal article published in 2013 by
Juliano R. Oliveira,
Antonio Caballero Jambrina,
Eduardo Magalhães,
Uiara Moura,
Robert Borkowski,
Giovanni Curiel,
Alberto Hirata,
Luis Hecker,
Edson Porto 
,
Darko Zibar ,
José Maranhão,
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy,
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy,
Julio Oliveira
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Darko Zibar ,
José Maranhão,
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy,
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy,
Julio Oliveira
Abstract
We demonstrate cognitive gain control for EDFA operation in real-time GMPLS controlled heterogeneous optical testbed with 10G/100G/200G/400G lightpaths. Cognitive control maintains the network BER below FEC-limit for up to 6 dB of induced attenuation penalty.