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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicants:
Arnaud Dupas, St-Michael-sur-Orge, FR;
Denis Penninckx, Nozay, FR;
Thierry Zami, Massy, FR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A decision system for a modulated electrical signal delivered by a converter in response to a received modulated optical signal compares the amplitude of the electrical signal to a reference level, measures an average amplitude of the electrical signal, and generates the reference level as a function of the result of such measurements so that the 'reference level/average amplitude' ratio can be adjusted to a predetermined constant value different from 1. Applications include receivers for optical packet transmission systems.