• DocumentCode
    2160529
  • Title

    Estimating OSNR of equalised QPSK signals

  • Author

    Ives, David J. ; Thomsen, Benn C. ; Maher, Robert ; Savory, Seb J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate a technique to estimate the OSNR of an equalised QPSK signal. When combined with a single point calibration the OSNR of the input signal was estimated to within 0.5 dB.
  • Keywords
    optical communication; quadrature phase shift keying; OSNR estimation; equalised QPSK signal; single point calibration; Adaptive optics; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6066021