Achievable information rate losses for high order modulation and hard-decision forward error correction

Alex Alvarado, Yi Lei, David S. Millar

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Abstract

We study the combination of high-order modulation formats and hard-decision FEC from an information rate point of view. It is shown that the relative rate losses are approximately constant for the same FEC overhead when the constellation size increases.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2018 European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2018
Place of PublicationPiscataway
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-4862-9
ISBN (Print)978-1-5386-4863-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Nov 2018
Event44th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2018) - Rome, Italy
Duration: 23 Sept 201827 Sept 2018
Conference number: 44
https://www.ecoc2018.org/

Conference

Conference44th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2018)
Abbreviated titleECOC 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period23/09/1827/09/18
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Funding

Acknowledgments: The work of A. Alvarado is supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) via the VIDI Grant ICONIC (project number 15685) and has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 57791). The author Yi Lei would like to thank China Scholarship Council (CSC) for supporting her study in Netherlands.

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