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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2004
Applicants:
Sandy Thomson, Ottawa, CA;
Ruibin Jin, Kanata, CA;
Eric Hall, Ottawa, CA;
Paul Macdonald, Ottawa, CA;
Inventors:
Sandy Thomson, Ottawa, CA;
Ruibin Jin, Kanata, CA;
Eric Hall, Ottawa, CA;
Paul MacDonald, Ottawa, CA;
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, Quebec, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/04 (2006.01); H04B 10/12 (2006.01); G06F 17/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In one aspect a system and method for providing a multi-port memory having a plurality of read ports, each read port including a filter coefficient value representing a dispersion compensation value associated with an optical link. The method includes processing an input optical signal using the filter coefficient values in the multi-port memory to generate an output optical signal for transmission on the optical link.