• DocumentCode
    3528257
  • Title

    Efficient FEC for Optical Communications using Concatenated Codes to Combat Error-floor

  • Author

    Miyata, Yoshikuni ; Matsumoto, Wataru ; Yoshida, Hiroyuki ; Mizuochi, Takashi

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamakura, Japan
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We propose concatenated LDPC(9252,7967)+RS(992,956) codes for application to systems beyond 40 Gb/s, taking practical implementation into account. Simulation shows that the Q limit is 7.1 dB, and that the concatenation effectively suppresses unwanted error-floor.
  • Keywords
    Reed-Solomon codes; concatenated codes; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; parity check codes; LDPC codes; Reed-Solomon codes; concatenated codes; forward error correction; optical communications; Bit error rate; Concatenated codes; Error correction codes; Forward error correction; Iterative algorithms; Iterative decoding; Large scale integration; Optical fiber communication; Parity check codes; Redundancy;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528592
  • Filename
    4528592