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Superimposed training and digital filtering coherent optical receivers

US8538278B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2010
Grant dateSep 17, 2013
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/6162
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In a polarization-multiplexing optical communications system, a method and system for coherent reception of polarization-multiplexed optical communications. Training and data sequences are recovered from a plurality of orthogonally polarized signals, such that training and data sequences may be used on a single channel without loss of spectral efficiency. This is accomplished by estimating a channel response for each orthogonally polarized signal based on the mean of the signal and distinguishing between a data sequence and a training sequence in each orthogonally polarized signal. Such distinguishing is accomplished according to an iterative linear minimum mean-square equalization based on the respective channel response estimate.

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