• DocumentCode
    2746859
  • Title

    Polarization-multiplexed nonbinary LDPC-coded modulation with optimal signal constellations

  • Author

    Arabaci, Murat ; Djordjevic, Ivan B.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    161
  • Lastpage
    162
  • Abstract
    We propose using nonbinary LDPC-coded modulation with optimal constellations obtained via iterative polar quantization (IPQ). The proposed scheme significantly outperforms its prior-art bit-interleaved LDPC-coded modulation counterpart, e.g., by 2.78 dB for the 128-point IPQ constellation.
  • Keywords
    iterative methods; multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; parity check codes; quantisation (signal); IPQ constellation; iterative polar quantization; nonbinary LDPC-coded modulation; optimal signal constellations; polarization multiplexing; Bit rate; Constellation diagram; Decoding; Gaussian distribution; Parity check codes; Quantization; forward error correction; iterative polar quantization; low-density parity-check codes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110475
  • Filename
    6110475