Title :
Branch Metrics for Effective Long-Haul MLSE IMDD Receivers
Author :
Poggiolini, P. ; Bosco, G. ; Prat, J. ; Killey, R. ; Savory, S.
Author_Institution :
Politecnico di Torino, C.so Duca Abruzzi 24, Torino, Italy, poggiolini@polito.it
Abstract :
Recent results indicate that high-complexity MLSE processors could recover large amounts of chromatic dispersion. We propose a new branch metric that minimizes complexity while preserving very good performance.
Keywords :
Chromatic dispersion; Circuit noise; Educational institutions; Maximum likelihood estimation; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber testing; Optical noise; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio; Viterbi algorithm;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801184
