Title :
Ultra-narrow-spacing Tb/s long haul transmission using soft LDPC decoding with Gaussian processes
Author :
Sakib, M.N. ; Liboiron-Ladouceur, O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We investigate the performance of LDPC coding and Gaussian process based equalization for simultaneous compensation of linear and nonlinear effects. The proposed scheme can help to increase spectral efficiency and improve nonlinearity tolerance.
Keywords :
Gaussian processes; equalisers; optical communication; parity check codes; Gaussian processes; equalization; long haul transmission; nonlinear effects; nonlinearity tolerance; simultaneous compensation; soft LDPC decoding; spectral efficiency; ultra narrow spacing; Bit error rate; Equalizers; Gaussian processes; Optical noise; Parity check codes; Signal to noise ratio; Training;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5730-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2011.6000076