Title :
Error arrival statistics for FEC design in four-wave mixing limited systems
Author :
Mello, D. ; Offer, E. ; Reichert, J.
Author_Institution :
Munich Univ. of Technol., Germany
Abstract :
We confirmed experimentally by direct bit sequence analysis that systems limited by four-wave mixing exhibit a noise-like and memoryless error distribution. However a slight increase in sequential two bit error bursts was also observed.
Keywords :
error statistics; forward error correction; multiwave mixing; optical fibre communication; random sequences; FEC design; bit sequence analysis; error arrival statistics; four-wave mixing; memoryless error distribution; noise-like error distribution; Computer errors; Error analysis; Error correction codes; Forward error correction; Four-wave mixing; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248389
