DocumentCode
399022
Title
On channel models for predicting soft-decision error correction performance in optically amplified systems
Author
Cai, Y. ; Pilipetski, A. ; Lucero, Adrian ; Nissov, M. ; Chen, J. ; Li, J.
Author_Institution
Tyco Telecommun. Labs, Eatontown, NJ, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
532
Abstract
We investigate three channel models for optically amplified systems employing soft-decision decoding. We show that the additive white Gaussian noise model can be a proper model for error-correction performance prediction but not for error-correction implementation in noise-limited optical fiber channels.
Keywords
AWGN channels; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; additive white Gaussian noise model; channel models; optical fiber channel; soft-decision decoding; soft-decision error correction; AWGN; Additive white noise; Decoding; Error correction; Forward error correction; Gaussian noise; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Predictive models; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248391
Filename
1248391
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