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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2020
Applicant:
Infinera Corp., Annapolis Junction, MD (US);
Inventors:
Steven William Beacall, Bridgwater, GB;
Sumudu Geethika Edirisinghe, Newmarket, GB;
Assignee:
Infinera Corporation, San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/50 (2013.01); H04B 10/516 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/516 (2013.01); H04B 10/503 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus comprising a control circuit providing a variable control signal, and a transmitter. The transmitter operable to provide a modulated optical signal including a plurality of optical subcarriers. One of the plurality of optical subcarriers carries a sequence of modulation symbols. The sequence of modulation symbols includes modulation symbols that are output with a variable transmission frequency in accordance with a transmission probability distribution that is variable based on the control signal.