Data Sets for SNR Estimation in Flexible Optical Networks: Lightpath, Link, and Span Levels

These data sets have been generated based on the analytic models [1,2] to estimate signal to the noise ratio (SNR) for spans, links, and lightpaths of a Flexible Optical Network (FON) over standard single-mode fiber (SSMF). For PM-BPSK and PM-QPSK modulation format levels, equation 41-43 [1], and for PM-8-64QAM modulation format levels, equation 7.32 [2], are applied. [1] P. Poggiolini, G. Bosco, A. Carena, V. Curri, Y. Jiang and F. Forghieri, "The GN-Model of Fiber Non-Linear Propagation and its Applications," in <em>Journal of Lightwave Technology</em>, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 694-721, Feb.15, 2014, DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2295208. [2] P. Poggiolini, Y. Jiang, A. Carena and F. Forghieri, "Analytical modeling of the impact of fiber non-linear propagation on coherent systems and networks" in Enabling Technologies for High Spectral-Efficiency Coherent Optical Communication Networks, New York, NY, USA:Wiley, pp. 247-310, 2016.