Title :
Robust Long-Haul Transmission Utilizing Electronic Precompensation and MLSE Equalization
Author :
Benlachtar, Y. ; Savory, S.J. ; Thomsen, B.C. ; Gavioli, G. ; Bayvel, P. ; Killey, R.I.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. London, London
Abstract :
We assess the performance of transmission systems utilizing electronic predistortion and MLSE equalization. In 11-Gb/s transmission over 1040 km of standard fiber, the required accuracy of the EPD can be relaxed to +/-1400 ps/nm using an 8-state Viterbi algorithm.
Keywords :
compensation; equalisers; maximum likelihood sequence estimation; optical fibre dispersion; EPD; MLSE equalization; Viterbi algorithm; bit rate 11 Gbit/s; electronic precompensation; electronic predistortion; long-haul transmission; size 1040 km; standard fiber; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Predistortion; Robustness;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348440
