Field demonstration of a transparent optical 10 Gbit/s-WDM-network based on normalized transmission sections

Error-free 10 Gbit/s transmission and flexible reconfiguration of transparent wavelength channels over a fully transparent optical network was demonstrated in a field experiment. The test network was realized by cascades of numerically optimized basic transmission sections consisting of a combination of standard single-mode fibers and dispersion compensating modules. A maximum optical path-length of 1720 km was successfully realized without opto-electrical signal conversion.