Global Patent Index - EP 2446562 A2

EP 2446562 A2 20120502 - ELECTRONIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title (en)

ELECTRONIC DISPERSION COMPENSATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

Title (de)

SYSTEM UND VERFAHREN FÜR ELEKTRONISCHE DISPERSIONSKOMPENSATION

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME ET PROCÉDÉ DE COMPENSATION DE DISPERSION ÉLECTRONIQUE

Publication

EP 2446562 A2 20120502 (EN)

Application

EP 10732893 A 20100623

Priority

  • EP 2010058936 W 20100623
  • EP 09163524 A 20090623
  • US 21967909 P 20090623
  • IE 20090709 A 20090917
  • EP 10732893 A 20100623

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2010149714A2] The invention provides a system and method, for an optical communication network to compensate impairments in the network, using electronic dispersion compensation, said system comprising optical means comprising two or more optical-to-electrical converters for generating at least two electrical signals, comprising amplitude and instantaneous frequency of a received distorted optical signal, and an electrical circuit adapted to perform a full-field reconstruction of the received distorted optical signal using said electrical signals. The system is characterised by a dispersive transmission line circuit with compensation parameters updated at a selected rate to process said full- field reconstructed signal and compensate for coarse chromatic dispersion; and an adaptive electronic equalization circuit with compensation parameters updated at a rate faster than those in the said dispersive transmission line circuit to provide a fine impairment compensation of said reconstructed signals. The system and method of the invention achieves low-cost long-distance transmission, up to 2000km, while maintaining the fast-adaptive compensation capability and provide a method for transparent long-haul and metro-optical networks.

IPC 8 full level

H04B 10/69 (2013.01); H04L 25/03 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

H04B 10/6971 (2013.01); H04L 25/03019 (2013.01); H04L 27/223 (2013.01); H04L 25/03178 (2013.01); H04L 2025/03363 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

See references of WO 2010149714A2

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2010149714 A2 20101229; WO 2010149714 A3 20110224; EP 2446562 A2 20120502

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 2010058936 W 20100623; EP 10732893 A 20100623