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- Agrell, Erik, 1965, et al.
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Influence of Behavioral Models on Multiuser Channel Capacity
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 33:17, s. 3507-3515
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In order to characterize the channel capacity of a wavelength channel in a wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) system, statistical models are needed for the transmitted signals on the other wavelengths. For example, one could assume that the transmitters for all wavelengths are configured independently of each other, that they use the same signal power, or that they use the same modulation format. In this paper, it is shown that these so-called behavioral models have a profound impact on the single-wavelength achievable information rate. This is demonstrated by establishing, for the first time, upper and lower bounds on the maximum achievable rate under various behavioral models, for a rudimentary WDM channel model.
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- Alfredsson, Arni, 1989, et al.
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Joint-Polarization Phase-Noise Estimation and Symbol Detection for Optical Coherent Receivers
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 34:18, s. 4394-4405
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The problem of optimal symbol detection in the presence of laser phase noise is studied, for uncoded polarization-multiplexed fiber-optic transmission. To this end, the maximum a posteriori (MAP) symbol detector is presented. Specifically, it is emphasized that obtaining phase-noise point estimates, and treating them as the true values of the phase noise, is in general suboptimal. Furthermore, a pilot-based algorithm that approximates the MAP symbol detector is developed, using approaches adopted from the wireless literature. The algorithm performs joint-polarization phase-noise estimation and symbol detection, for arbitrary modulation formats. Through Monte Carlo simulations, the algorithm is compared to existing solutions from the optical communications literature. It is demonstrated that joint-polarization processing can significantly improve upon the single-polarization case, with respect to linewidth tolerance. Finally, it is shown that with less than 3% pilot overhead, the algorithm can be used with lasers having up to 6 times larger linewidths than the most well-performing blind algorithms can tolerate.
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- Alfredsson, Arni, 1989, et al.
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On the Performance of Joint-Core Carrier-Phase Estimation in the Presence of Intercore Skew
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 37:20, s. 5291-5298
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The sharing of lasers in space-division multiplexed multicore-fiber transmission yields correlated phase noise across the spatial channels. As a result, system performance can be improved through the use of joint-core carrier-phase estimation (CPE). However, the presence of intercore skew can reduce the potential of such schemes. This paper studies the effects of skew on pilot-aided joint-core CPE, where via simulations, it is shown that joint-core processing can be made to perform similarly to or better than separate-core processing for any amount of skew. It is shown that for a given signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and skew, the performance of joint-core CPE relative to separate-core CPE is highly dependent on the ratio of the light-source linewidth to the local oscillator (LO) linewidth. In general, the performance of joint-core CPE in the presence of skew improves as the LO linewidth decreases compared to the light-source laser linewidth, assuming that the spatial channels are digitally realigned at the receiver.
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- Alfredsson, Arni, 1989, et al.
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Pilot-Aided Joint-Channel Carrier-Phase Estimation in Space-Division Multiplexed Multicore Fiber Transmission
- 2019
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 37:4, s. 1133-1142
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The performance of pilot-aided joint-channel carrier-phase estimation (CPE) in space-division multiplexed multicore fiber (MCF) transmission with correlated phase noise is studied. To that end, a system model describing uncoded MCF transmission where the phase noise comprises a common laser phase noise, in addition to core- and polarization-specific phase drifts, is introduced. It is then shown that the system model can be regarded as a special case of a multidimensional random-walk phase-noise model. A pilot-aided CPE algorithm developed for this model is used to evaluate two strategies, namely joint-channel and per-channel CPE. To quantify the performance differences between the two strategies, their respective phase-noise tolerances are assessed through Monte Carlo simulations of uncoded transmission for different modulation formats, pilot overheads, laser linewidths, numbers of spatial channels, and degrees of phase-noise correlation across the channels. For 20 GBd transmission with 200 kHz combined laser linewidth and 1% pilot overhead, joint-channel CPE yields up to 3.4 dB improvement in power efficiency or 25.5% increased information rate. Moreover, through MCF transmission experiments, the system model is validated and the strategies are compared in terms of bit-error-rate performance versus transmission distance for uncoded transmission of different modulation formats. Up to 21% increase in transmission reach is observed for 1% pilot overhead through the use of joint-channel CPE.
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- Alvarado, Alex, 1982, et al.
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Four-Dimensional Coded Modulation with Bit-Wise Decoders for Future Optical Communications
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 33:10, s. 1993-2003
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Coded modulation (CM) is the combination of forward error correction (FEC) and multilevel constellations. Coherent optical communication systems result in a four-dimensional (4D) signal space, which naturally leads to 4D-CM transceivers. A practically attractive design paradigm is to use a bit-wise decoder, where the detection process is (suboptimally) separated into two steps: soft-decision demapping followed by binary decoding. In this paper, bit-wise decoders are studied from an information-theoretic viewpoint. 4D constellations with up to 4096 constellation points are considered. Metrics to predict the post-FEC bit-error rate (BER) of bit-wise decoders are analyzed. The mutual information is shown to fail at predicting the post-FEC BER of bit-wise decoders and the so-called generalized mutual information is shown to be a much more robust metric. For the suboptimal scheme under consideration, it is also shown that constellations that transmit and receive information in each polarization and quadrature independently (e.g., PM-QPSK, PM-16QAM, and PM-64QAM) outperform the best 4D constellations designed for uncoded transmission. Theoretical gains are as high as 4 dB, which are then validated via numerical simulations of low-density parity check codes.
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- Alvarado, A., et al.
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Replacing the Soft-Decision FEC Limit Paradigm in the Design of Optical Communication Systems
- 2016
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - : Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 34:2, s. 707-721
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The FEC limit paradigm is the prevalent practice for designing optical communication systems to attain a certain bit error rate (BER) without forward error correction (FEC). This practice assumes that there is an FEC code that will reduce the BER after decoding to the desired level. In this paper, we challenge this practice and show that the concept of a channel-independent FEC limit is invalid for soft-decision bit-wise decoding. It is shown that for low code rates and high-order modulation formats, the use of the soft-decision FEC limit paradigm can underestimate the spectral efficiencies by up to 20%. A better predictor for the BER after decoding is the generalized mutual information, which is shown to give consistent post-FEC BER predictions across different channel conditions and modulation formats. Extensive optical full-field simulations and experiments are carried out in both the linear and nonlinear transmission regimes to confirm the theoretical analysis.
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- Alvarado, A., et al.
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Replacing the Soft-Decision FEC Limit Paradigm in the Design of Optical Communication Systems
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 33:20, s. 4338-4352
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The FEC limit paradigm is the prevalent practice for designing optical communication systems to attain a certain bit error rate (BER) without forward error correction (FEC). This practice assumes that there is an FEC code that will reduce the BER after decoding to the desired level. In this paper, we challenge this practice and show that the concept of a channel-independent FEC limit is invalid for soft-decision bit-wise decoding. It is shown that for low code rates and high-order modulation formats, the use of the soft-decision FEC limit paradigm can underestimate the spectral efficiencies by up to 20%. A better predictor for the BER after decoding is the generalized mutual information, which is shown to give consistent post-FEC BER predictions across different channel conditions and modulation formats. Extensive optical full-field simulations and experiments are carried out in both the linear and nonlinear transmission regimes to confirm the theoretical analysis.
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- Bamiedakis, N., et al.
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40 Gb/s Data Transmission Over a 1-m-Long Multimode Polymer Spiral Waveguide for Board-Level Optical Interconnects
- 2015
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Ingår i: Journal of Lightwave Technology. - 0733-8724 .- 1558-2213. ; 33:4, s. 882-888
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Optical interconnects have attracted considerable attention for use in short-reach communication links within high-performance electronic systems, such as data centers, supercomputers, and data storage systems. Multimode polymer waveguides, in particular, constitute an attractive technology for use in board-level interconnects as they can be cost-effectively integrated onto standard PCBs and allow system assembly with relaxed alignment tolerances. However, their highly multimoded nature raises important concerns about their bandwidth limitations and their potential to support very high on-board data rates. In this paper, we report record error-free (BER
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