Multidimensional hybrid modulations for ultra-high-speed optical transport
US8743984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 6, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jun 3, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L27/2096
- WIPO fieldTelecommunications
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed with a spatial-domain-based multi-dimensional coded-modulation scheme that improves dramatically OSNR sensitivity and tolerance to fiber nonlinearities by using D-dimensional signal constellations, where D=2(2+M)N. The factor 2 originates from two polarizations, 2+M electrical basis functions are selected (2 in-phase/quadrature channels and M pulse-position like basis functions), and N represents the number of orbital angular momentum (OAM) states used in FMFs/MMFs. For single mode fiber applications N is 1.
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