Title :
Adaptive weighted channel equalizer for direct-detection optical OFDM transmission systems
Author :
Pasandi, M.E.M. ; Plant, D.V. ; Haghighat, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We study the performance of an adaptive weighted channel equalizer for non-compensated OFDM transmission systems and show that it improves the BER and can reduce the overhead and sensitivity to drifts in the optical channel.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; adaptive equalisers; error statistics; optical communication; BER; adaptive weighted channel equalizer; direct-detection optical OFDM transmission systems; noncompensated OFDM transmission systems; optical channel; Adaptive optics; Equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Summer Topical Meeting, 2009. LEOSST '09. IEEE/LEOS
Conference_Location :
Newport Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3913-3
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2009.5226254
