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Adaptive error correction code for optical super-channels

US9584256B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 9, 2014
Grant dateFeb 28, 2017
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2035

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04J2203/0076
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for transmitting data over an optical super-channel partitions the data unequally into a set of data streams for transmission over the set of sub-channels of the super-channel, such that a size of a first data stream for transmission over a first sub-channel is different than a size of a second data stream of the data for transmission over a second sub-channel. The method encodes each data stream of the data with an error correction code (ECC) having different ECC rates to produce a set of encoded data streams and transmits concurrently the set of encoded data streams over the set of sub-channels of the super-channel. Accordingly, the method uses an adaptive ECC for optical super-channels, such that a first ECC rate for encoding the first data stream is different than a second ECC rate for encoding the second data stream.

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