• DocumentCode
    712299
  • Title

    Comparison between square and stepped-square QAM for optical transmission

  • Author

    Awadalla, Ahmed ; Kuang-Tsan Wu ; Yevick, David

  • Author_Institution
    Infinera Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present a comparison of QAM and stepped-square QAM (SS-QAM) for optical transmission. While offering lower average power and 2D peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), SS-QAM suffers a penalty in baseband due to higher 1D-PAPR.
  • Keywords
    light transmission; optical communication; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; 1D-PAPR; 2D peak-to-average power ratio; SS-QAM; optical transmission; square QAM; stepped-square QAM; Decoding; Encoding; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Quadrature amplitude modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7121641