Future Wei Technologies, Inc.

Marvell Asia Pte., Ltd.

Huawei Technologies Co., Limited

Yuanjie Chen

Zhuhong Zhang

Chuandong Li

Fei Zhu

Yu Sheng Bai

Min Wu

Davide Visani

Yi Cai

Shengyu Bai

A method for determining a bit-error rate in data received on high-speed data channel that uses a forward-error-correcting decoder includes receiving at receiver circuitry on the high-speed data channel a received predetermined data pattern, comparing, bit-wise, the received predetermined data pattern to a locally generated copy of the predetermined data pattern to derive output bits representing whether there was an error in a corresponding bit of the received predetermined data pattern, to determine error bits in the received predetermined data pattern, grouping output bits from the comparing into symbols and codewords, and for each codeword for which a count of symbols containing errors exceeds a number of symbols correctable by the forward-error-correcting decoder, counting a total number of bit errors contained in the symbols containing errors, for use in adjusting the receiver circuitry in response to the total number of bit errors.

Method and apparatus for determining bit-error rate in a data channel

An optical signal receiver tracks local oscillator frequency offset (LOFO) and compensates for the phase distortion introduced in the received signals as a result of utilizing the local oscillator within a coherent detection scheme. This phase distortion is basically a constant phase rotation caused by the LOFO and implementation of the receiver using coherent detection and a digital interferometer instead of a conventional (yet complex) carrier phase estimation or recovery scheme. With an optical receiver implemented in this manner, the requirement of using a precise local oscillator laser with low frequency offset is less important.

Method with improved phase robustness in coherent detected optical system

An apparatus comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC); a frequency-domain equalizer (FDEQ); a time-domain interpolator positioned between the ADC and the FDEQ, wherein the time domain interpolator is coupled to the ADC and the FDEQ and configured to perform a time-domain interpolation to compensate a signal sample for a plurality of ADC induced changes.

Method and apparatus for updating a fractional time interval using time-domain interpolators in optical communications

An optical receiver comprising a frame detector configured to receive a polarized signal comprising a first bit stream and a second bit stream, and further configured to identify a plurality of frames in the first bit stream and the second bit stream using a composite header, and a time-domain equalizer (TDEQ) configured to separate the first bit stream and the second bit stream using a portion of the composite header.

Method and apparatus for frame detection and polarization separation

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