Abstract:
An optical link (100) for a communication network, the optical link comprising: an optical fibre link (102); a downstream transmitter (112), a downstream receiver (114), an upstream transmitter (122) and an upstream receiver (124), wherein the upstream and downstream transmitters are configured to transmit a respective pilot tone on a respective optical carrier and are configured to tune a frequency of the pilot tone within a preselected frequency range, and wherein the upstream and downstream receivers are configured respectively to determine an upstream notch frequency, fnotch-US, and a downstream notch frequency, fnotch-DS, of respective detected photocurrents from at least one respective pilot tone frequency at which the respective detected photocurrent is equal to or lower than a photocurrent threshold; and processing circuitry (130) configured to receive the upstream and downstream notch frequencies and configured to estimate a propagation delay difference of the optical link depending on the upstream and downstream notch frequencies.
Abstract:
A network element of a cable television (CATV) network, said network element comprising a distributed access node unit comprising a core network interface for receiving downstream signals; one or more amplifier units for amplifying downstream signal transmission for output into one or more output channels; a digital predistorion functionality for supplying a predistorion signal into an input of at least one of the amplifier units for correcting non-linearity of the amplifier unit, wherein a sampling signal for adjusting a level of the predistorion signal is obtained from a sampling point common with at least one other functionality of the network element requiring a sampling signal.
Abstract:
A system and method for ultrashort signal detection adds an optical weighting element upstream of a detector within a direct detection receiver. The optical weighting element is configured to generate an optical pulse that closely matches at least one ultrashort pulse within the input signal so that portions of the input signal that are nonoverlapping with the at least one ultrashort pulse are rejected.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprises a front end configured to receive an optical signal, and convert the optical signal into a plurality of digital signals, and a processing unit coupled to the front end and configured to determine a best-match chromatic dispersion (CD) estimate in the optical signal by optimizing a cost function based on signal peaks of the plurality of digital signals.
Abstract:
An apparatus comprising a digital signal processor (DSP) unit configured to perform fiber dispersion pre-compensation on a digital signal sequence based on a dispersion value to produce a pre-compensated signal, wherein the dispersion value is associated with a remote optical receiver, a plurality of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) coupled to the DSP unit and configured to convert the pre-compensated signal into analog electrical signals, and a frontend coupled to the DACs and configured to convert the analog electrical signals into a first optical signal, adding a constant optical electric (E) -field to the first optical signal to produce a second optical signal, and transmit the second optical signal to the remote optical receiver.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to performing chromatic dispersion estimation in a receiver of an optical communication system. Here, the signal received by the receiver includes frames, each comprising a training portion and a data portion. The training portion comprises a plurality of identical pattern sequences. Different settings are applied to an equalizer to generate a plurality of equalized signals from at least one of the received frames. Then, at least one correlation value is calculated between a first pattern sequence and a second pattern sequence of the equalized signals and a final correlation value is derived from the respective correlation values. The setting of the equalizer corresponding to the equalized signal providing the highest final correlation value is selected to provide the chromatic dispersion estimation.
Abstract:
Embodiments are provided to improve direct detection for optical transmissions. In an embodiment, a method by a transmitter for a direct detection system includes driving, via a drive voltage, a single-side band (SSB) signal at an optical modulator on a first optical path of the transmitter. The SSB signal is sufficiently linear with respect to the drive voltage for allowing direct detection at a receiver. The method further includes generating a DC carrier signal on a second path of the transmitter. The SSB signal is combined with the DC carrier signal at an output of the transmitter.
Abstract:
A distortion compensation circuit compensates for the distortions generated by the dispersion-slope of an optical component and the frequency chirp of an optical transmitter. The dispersion compensation circuitry can be utilized in the optical transmitter, the optical receiver and/or at some intermediate point in a fiber-optic network. One embodiment of the compensation circuit utilizes a primary electrical signal path that receives at least a portion of the input signal and a delay line; and a secondary signal path in parallel to the primary path that receives at least a portion of the input signal and including: an amplifier with an electrical current gain that is proportional to the dispersion-slope of the optical component, an optional RF attenuator, an optional delay line, a "squarer" circuit, and a "differentiator" circuit. Another embodiment of the disclosure performs simultaneous, and independent, compensation of second-order distortions generated by both the dispersion-slope of a first optical component and the dispersion of a second optical component. Other embodiments of the disclosure perform adaptive predistortion for compensation of distortions generated by the dispersion-slope of a first optical component and the dispersion of a second optical component to maintain optimum compensation even if the dispersion properties of the optical components change with time.