Title : 
On the pragmatic turbo equalizer for optical communications
         
        
            Author : 
Yequn Zhang ; Shaoliang Zhang ; Djordjevic, Ivan B.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
         
        
        
            fDate : 
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Two types of pragmatic turbo equalizers are implemented and evaluated with either histogram approach or multivariate Gaussian approximation. The latter is found to be more suitable due to its low complexity and less performance degradation.
         
        
            Keywords : 
equalisers; optical fibre communication; optical links; turbo codes; histogram approach; multivariate Gaussian approximation; optical communications; performance degradation; pragmatic turbo equalizer; Complexity theory; Equalizers; Gaussian approximation; Histograms; Optical fiber communication; Pragmatics; System performance;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
OptoElectronics and Communications Conference held jointly with 2013 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (OECC/PS), 2013 18th
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Kyoto