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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248391
