Title :
Beyond 100G optical channel noise modeling for optimized soft-decision FEC performance
Author :
Zhao, Yu ; Qi, Juan ; Hauske, Fabian N. ; Xie, Changsong ; Pflueger, Doris ; Bauch, Gerhard
Author_Institution :
Eur. Res. Center, Huawei Technol. Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Deviations away from ideal AWGN statistics degrading FEC performance are demonstrated caused by the nonlinear optical channel and by receiver-side DSP. An according noise model is demonstrated for FEC test and optimization.
Keywords :
digital signal processing chips; forward error correction; multiplexing; optical communication; optical noise; phase shift keying; bit rate 128 Gbit/s; forward error correction; nonlinear optical channel; optical channel noise modeling; optimized soft-decision FEC performance; receiver side DSP; Digital signal processing; Forward error correction; Noise; Nonlinear optics; Optical filters; Optical noise; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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
