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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1999
Ralph Spickermann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods that increase the data transmission rate through a given length of optical fiber, or increase the distortion-limited distance for an optical fiber link at a given data rate using band efficient modulation. This is achieved by modulating data for transmission onto a carrier signal. The modulated signal is predistorted and an optical carrier is amplitude modulated using the predistorted signal. The amplitude modulated optical carrier is transmitted over the optical fiber link. The original modulated microwave signal is reproduced at a receiver. The original signal is demodulated to generate the originally transmitted data. In addition, to reduce the bandwidth required by the modulated carrier, it may be single-sideband modulated. By increasing the number of bits per symbol and keeping the symbol rate constant, the data rate for a given length of optical fiber may be increased using the present invention without introducing additional distortion in the fiber.