• DocumentCode
    1794340
  • Title

    Non-data-aided feedforward timing recovery for flexible transceivers employing PDM-MQAM modulations

  • Author

    Morsy-Osman, Mohamed ; Chagnon, Mathieu ; Zhuge, Qunbi ; Xian Xu ; Plant, David V.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A blind feedforward timing estimator using 2 samples/symbol that is modulation format transparent is modified for PDM signals. When used for interpolator control, sampling frequency offsets up to 5000 ppm are corrected experimentally for PDM-QPSK, -16QAM and -64QAM.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre dispersion; optical transceivers; quadrature amplitude modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; synchronisation; PDM signals; PDM-16QAM; PDM-64QAM; PDM-MQAM modulations; PDM-QPSK; blind feedforward timing estimator; flexible transceivers; interpolator control; modulation format transparent; non-data-aided feedforward timing recovery; polarization mode dispersion; sampling frequency offsets; Bit error rate; Manganese; Optical noise; Phase shift keying; Signal to noise ratio; Timing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.W3B.4
  • Filename
    6887113