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Coherent optical receiver with adaptive equalizer initialization system

US8532504B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 28, 2010
Grant dateSep 10, 2013
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Expiry dateAug 22, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2027/0085
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An adaptive-equalizer initialization system performs three functions: frequency offset estimation, taps estimation for chromatic dispersion filters, and taps initialization for an adaptive equalizer. The system contains hardware FFT and peak detector units that sense a pure tone that marks the beginning of a known, short data sequence.

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