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Apparatus and method for frequency offset monitoring used in digital coherent optical receiver

US8103177B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 3, 2009
Grant dateJan 24, 2012
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Expiry dateMay 13, 2030

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/63
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention discloses a frequency offset detecting apparatus and method for use in a digital coherent optical receiver. The digital coherent optical receiver comprises: a front-end processing section for generating a digital baseband electric signal; an equalizer for performing equalized filtering on the digital baseband electric signal; and the frequency offset detecting apparatus for detecting frequency offset contained in the digital baseband electric signal or frequency offset contained in a signal outputted by the equalizer; wherein the frequency offset detecting apparatus comprises an argument difference obtaining unit, a first subtracter, a second subtracter, a quantizer and an averager, of which the argument difference obtaining unit obtains an argument difference of adjacent symbols in a signal inputted therein; the first subtracter subtracts an output of the averager from the argument difference obtained by the argument difference obtaining unit; the quantizer performs uniform quantization with predetermined intervals on an output of the first subtracter; the second subtracter subtracts an output of the quantizer from the argument difference obtained by the argu…

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