Title :
Soft-differential decoding for demodulation without carrier phase recovery
Author :
Hauske, Fabian N. ; Qi, Juan ; Pflueger, Doris ; Bauch, Gerhard
Author_Institution :
Eur. Res. Center, Huawei Technol. Duesseldorf GmbH, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate demodulation by low complexity soft-differential decoding. Combined with subsequent non-redundant error correction, the penalty compared to classical carrier recovery with hard-differential decoding is largely reduced providing an attractive low gate-count solution.
Keywords :
decoding; demodulation; error correction; error correction codes; optical modulation; carrier phase recovery; demodulation; hard-differential decoding; low complexity soft-differential decoding; low gate-count solution; nonredundant error correction; Chromatic dispersion; Complexity theory; Decoding; Frequency domain analysis; Optical filters; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110649
