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Transmission and reception of quad-subcarrier orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals

US9264144B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 2014
Grant dateFeb 16, 2016
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2034

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L27/2601
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A dual-polarization, 4-subcarriers orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signal carrying information bits is transmitted in an optical communication network without transmitting a corresponding pilot tone or training sequence. A receiver receives the transmitted signal and recovers information bits using a blind equalization technique and by equalizing the 4-subcarriers OFDM signal as a 25-QAM signal in time domain with a CMMA (constant multi modulus algorithm) equalization method.

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