摘要:
An equalizer (60) processes, in the electrical domain, a signal obtained from a path of an optical transmission system. The equalizer comprises N cascaded stages (where N≧1). At least one of the stages comprises a cascade of a linear equalization element (61) and a non-linear equalization element (62). The equalizer (60) is able to compensate for both linear impairments, such as dispersion, and non-linear impairments. The cascaded linear and non-linear elements can simulate the effect of signal propagation through a fiber which has the opposite propagation parameters (e.g. attenuation, dispersion, non-linearity) to those of the propagation path experienced by a signal in the transmission system. The non-linear equalization element (62) can be a non-linear phase rotator which rotates phase of an input signal proportional to the squared modulus of the input signal amplitude. The linear equalization element (61) can comprise a digital filter, such as an Infinite Impulse Response (HR) filter or a Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter.
摘要:
A method of transmitting communications traffic, the method comprising steps of receiving a sequence of communications traffic bits; and mapping the sequence of communications traffic bits onto a respective one of a plurality of transmission symbols for transmission during a symbol time. Each transmission symbol is identified by a respective first symbol identifier indicative of a respective one or more of a plurality, M, of wavelengths for a transmission signal and a respective second symbol identifier indicative of a respective one or more of a plurality, N, of optical fibres on which to transmit the transmission signal.
摘要:
A muxponder (10) comprising: modulation format conversion apparatus (12) comprising: first and second inputs (14, 16) each arranged to receive an amplitude modulated tributary optical signal (18, 20) carrying a communications traffic bit stream; first and second optical to electrical signal conversion apparatus (22, 24) each arranged to receive a respective tributary optical signal and to convert it into a corresponding tributary electrical signal (26, 28) carrying the communications traffic bit stream; a delay element (30) arranged to synchronise the communications traffic bit streams; and an optical IQ modulator (34) arranged to receive an optical carrier signal (36) and the tributary electrical signals. The optical IQ modulator having an in-phase arm and a quadrature arm, each arm being arranged to receive one of the tributary electrical signals such that each tributary electrical signal drives the respective arm of the optical IQ modulator to encode the communications traffic bit streams onto the optical carrier signal in a multilevel modulation format.
摘要:
A method (10) of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network. The method comprises: receiving a traffic sample (12); receiving an optical carrier and determining a phase noise estimate for the optical carrier (14); and removing the phase noise estimate from the traffic sample to form a phase noise compensated traffic sample (16).
摘要:
A method of detecting a signal in an optical receiver is described. The method includes converting a received optical signal to a digital electrical signal comprising a plurality of samples, applying a predetermined phase rotation to said samples to obtain amplitude and phase components of phase range adjusted sample values, and performing a first detection process based on the amplitude and phase components of the phase range adjusted sample values.
摘要:
A digital signal processing, DSP, unit (10) for use in a coherent optical receiver for an optical communications network. The DSP unit comprises an adaptive equaliser (12) and a processing block (22). The equaliser (12) comprises input ports for receiving electrical signals, each corresponding to a different state of polarization of an optical signal received by the coherent optical receiver,and output ports,each connected to a processing branch (14). A processing branch comprises a symbol sequence estimator, SSE, (16) and a carrier phase estimator, CPE, (18) comprising an input for receiving signal taped from an output of the processing branch. An output of the CPE is connected to a phase adjuster (20) interconnecting the respective output port of the equaliser and the SSE. The processing block (22) is connected to an output of the CPE,an output of the processing branch and at least one of the output of the phase adjuster and the outputs of the equalizer.