Publication: IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences Publication Date: 1999/10/25 Vol. E82-ANo. 10pp. 2081-2088 Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Information Theory and Its Applications) Category: Communication Systems Keyword: long-haul optical pulse transmission, nonlinear RZ-pulse transmission, dispersion management, timing jitter, SPM,