Dynamically optimizing a decision threshold voltage in an optical transponder
US8280260B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 20, 2011 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 20, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/695
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A transponder having a dynamic remapping circuit remaps a value of decision threshold voltage Vdtc and a value of optical power RXP to a reference voltage Vref to minimize the bit error rate BER of a communication system. The dynamic remapping circuit implements a bilinear mapping of Vdtc and RXP to Vref with three bilinear remapping constants “a”, “b”, and “c” selected to align a remapped value of Vdtc_opt to a selected Vdtc normalization value, Vdtc_norm. A transponder in accord with an embodiment of the invention prevents BER from exceeding a threshold value of BER whether RXP or OSNR, or both, remain constant, change continuously, or change intermittently. Constants “a”, “b”, and “c” are related to parameters resulting from mathematically fitting a line to data comprising Vdtc_opt versus RXP. Another embodiment comprises a method for dynamically optimizing Vdtc and RXP to Vref in a transponder with a bilinear remapping circuit.
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