Title :
Optimum soft-decision FEC thresholds for on-off optical receiver using block turbo code
Author :
Shimuzu, K. ; Miyata, Y. ; Mizuochi, T. ; Ouchi, K. ; Kobayashi, T. ; Yoshida, H. ; Motoshima, K.
Author_Institution :
Information Technol. R & D center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
Abstract :
The optimum thresholds for a 3-bit soft-decider are investigated analytically for the first time. A theoretical prediction is verified by experiment, using a live evaluation circuit comprising a 10 Gb/s optical transceiver with a BTC encoder.
Keywords :
amplitude shift keying; block codes; decision circuits; encoding; error correction codes; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical receivers; optimisation; transceivers; turbo codes; 10 Gbit/s; 3 bit; BTC encoder; block turbo code; on-off optical receiver; optical transceiver; optimum thresholds; soft-decision FEC;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
