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Multidimensional hybrid modulations for ultra-high-speed optical transport

US8743984B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 6, 2012
Grant dateJun 3, 2014
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2032

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  • 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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