In-band optical interference mitigation for direct-detection optical communication systems

    公开(公告)号:US10084547B2

    公开(公告)日:2018-09-25

    申请号:US15914583

    申请日:2018-03-07

    Applicant: Google LLC

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for mitigating the effects of interference signals on optical signals received at a direct-detection optical receivers. The optical receivers are capable of attenuating interference noise signals resulting from the interference between a transmitted optical signal transmitted from a transmitter to the optical receiver and one or more additional signals received at the optical receiver. The interference can be due to multi-path interference or due to in-band interference. The receivers include a tunable filter for filtering the received optical signal to remove the interference. A frequency offset module processes the received optical signal to determine a frequency offset indicative of the difference between the carrier frequencies of a modulated optical signal and an interference optical signal. The offset frequency and a bandwidth determined by the frequency offset module can be used to adjust the tunable filter to remove the interference signal from the received signal.

    IN-BAND OPTICAL INTERFERENCE MITIGATION FOR DIRECT-DETECTION OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

    公开(公告)号:US20180198533A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-07-12

    申请号:US15914583

    申请日:2018-03-07

    Applicant: Google LLC

    CPC classification number: H04B10/6971 H04B10/697

    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatus for mitigating the effects of interference signals on optical signals received at a direct-detection optical receivers. The optical receivers are capable of attenuating interference noise signals resulting from the interference between a transmitted optical signal transmitted from a transmitter to the optical receiver and one or more additional signals received at the optical receiver. The interference can be due to multi-path interference or due to in-band interference. The receivers include a tunable filter for filtering the received optical signal to remove the interference. A frequency offset module processes the received optical signal to determine a frequency offset indicative of the difference between the carrier frequencies of a modulated optical signal and an interference optical signal. The offset frequency and a bandwidth determined by the frequency offset module can be used to adjust the tunable filter to remove the interference signal from the received signal.

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