Title :
Evolution and status of forward error correction
Author :
Mizuochi, T. ; Sugihara, T. ; Miyata, Y. ; Kubo, K. ; Onohara, K. ; Hirano, S. ; Yoshida, H. ; Yoshida, T. ; Ichikawa, T.
Author_Institution :
Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
Abstract :
An LDPC based soft-decision FEC having a NCG of 10.8dB has been implemented in a coherent ASIC. Greater gain and the interplay with nonlinearity equalizers are anticipated for the real deployment of 100G and beyond.
Keywords :
application specific integrated circuits; equalisers; forward error correction; optical receivers; parity check codes; LDPC; coherent ASIC; equalizer nonlinearity; forward error correction; soft decision FEC; Application specific integrated circuits; Bit error rate; Decoding; Equalizers; Forward error correction; Parity check codes; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3