Performance comparison of MLSE and iterative equalization in FEC systems for PMD channels with respect to implementation complexity

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4047-4054

  Haunstein, Herbert F ^a   Schorr, Torsten ^b   Zottmann, Andreas ^c   Sauer Greff, Wolfgang ^b   Urbansky, Ralph ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chromatic dispersion (CD); Iterative equalization; Maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE); Optical communications; Polarization mode dispersion (PMD); Signal dependent noise

Indexed keywords

DECODING; ERROR CORRECTION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ADAPTIVE RECEIVER CONCEPTS; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; HIGH-BIT-RATE LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS; ITERATIVE EQUALIZATION; OPTICAL CHANNEL RESPONSE; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; SIGNAL DEPENDENT NOISE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 36749070587     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.884192     Document Type: Article

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