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Optimized chromatic dispersion filter

US8792789B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMar 7, 2012
Grant dateJul 29, 2014
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B10/6161
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is provided for performing chromatic dispersion (CD) compensation. A zero-forcing filter is calculated with a number of taps (n) required to nullify a chromatic dispersion frequency response of an optical channel. The number of taps in the zero-forcing filter is truncated to a number equal to (n−x), where x is an integer greater than 0. In one aspect, the chromatic dispersion frequency response of the optical channel is partitioned into a plurality of constituent chromatic dispersion responses, and a zero-forcing filter is calculated for each of the plurality of constituent chromatic dispersion responses. The number of taps in each of the plurality of zero-forcing filters is truncated, and the CD compensation filter is formed for each of the plurality of truncated tap zero-forcing filters. In another aspect, the tap values of the zero-forcing filter are quantized to a finite quantization set.

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