no code implementations • 17 Aug 2023 • Bin Chen, Zhiwei Liang, Shen Li, Yi Lei, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
Multidimensional constellation shaping of up to 32 dimensions with different spectral efficiencies are compared through AWGN and fiber-optic simulations.
no code implementations • 13 Jun 2023 • Kaiquan Wu, Gabriele Liga, Jamal Riani, Alex Alvarado
The proposed structure enables a tradeoff between complexity and performance: (i) the complexity of MLM or SOVA is reduced and (ii) the decoding penalty due to error propagation is mitigated.
no code implementations • 14 Feb 2023 • Zhiwei Liang, Bin Chen, Yi Lei, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
As an application of our model, we further study the effects of signal-noise interactions in long-haul transmission via the proposed model.
no code implementations • 11 Oct 2022 • Astrid Barreiro, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
A normalized batch gradient descent optimizer is proposed to improve the first-order regular perturbation coefficients of the Manakov equation, often referred to as kernels.
no code implementations • 2 Jun 2022 • Zhiwei Liang, Bin Chen, Yi Lei, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
Nonlinear interference models for dual-polarization 4D (DP-4D) modulation have only been used so far to predict signal-signal nonlinear interference.
no code implementations • 23 Dec 2021 • Bin Chen, Gabriele Liga, Yi Lei, Wei Ling, Zhengyan Huan, Xuwei Xue, Alex Alvarado
We review the design of multidimensional modulations by maximizing generalized mutual information and compare the maximum transmission reach of recently introduced 4D formats.
no code implementations • 20 Dec 2021 • Vinícius Oliari, Boris Karanov, Sebastiaan Goossens, Gabriele Liga, Olga Vassilieva, Inwoong Kim, Paparao Palacharla, Chigo Okonkwo, Alex Alvarado
In this paper we carry out a joint optimization of probabilistic (PS) and geometric shaping (GS) for four-dimensional (4D) modulation formats in long-haul coherent wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) optical fiber communications using an auto-encoder framework.
no code implementations • 22 Oct 2021 • Gabriele Liga, Bin Chen, Alex Alvarado
The geometry of dual-polarization four-dimensional constellations is optimized in the optical fiber channel using a recent nonlinear interference model.
no code implementations • 13 Sep 2021 • Kaiquan Wu, Gabriele Liga, Alireza Sheikh, Yunus Can Gültekin, Frans M. J. Willems, Alex Alvarado
Recently, a metric called energy dispersion index (EDI) was proposed to indicate the nonlinear interference (NLI) induced by correlated symbols during optical transmission.
no code implementations • 9 Jun 2021 • Astrid Barreiro, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
We study the performance of gradient-descent optimization to estimate the coefficients of the discrete-time first-order regular perturbation (FRP).
no code implementations • 8 Jun 2021 • Kaiquan Wu, Gabriele Liga, Yunus Can Gültekin, Alex Alvarado
A metric called exponentially-weighted energy dispersion index (EEDI) is proposed to explain the blocklength-dependent effective signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) in probabilistically shaped fiber-optic systems.
1 code implementation • 10 Mar 2021 • Vinícius Oliari, Erik Agrell, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
The model can be seen as an improvement of the recently proposed regular perturbation (RP) on the GVD parameter.
no code implementations • 24 Feb 2021 • Kaiquan Wu, Gabriele Liga, Alireza Sheikh, Frans M. J. Willems, Alex Alvarado
This blocklength dependency of SNR has been attributed to time-varying statistical properties of the symbol sequences, in particular, to variation of the symbol energies.
Information Theory Signal Processing Information Theory
no code implementations • 27 Jan 2021 • Gabriele Liga, Bin Chen, Astrid Barreiro, Alex Alvarado
We assess the accuracy of a recently introduced nonlinear interference model for general dual-polarization 4D formats.~ Unlike previous models for polarization-multiplexed 2D formats, an average gap from split-step Fourier simulations within 0. 1 dB is demonstrated.
no code implementations • 23 Oct 2020 • Rick M. Bütler, Christian Häger, Henry D. Pfister, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
In this paper, we propose a model-based machine-learning approach for dual-polarization systems by parameterizing the split-step Fourier method for the Manakov-PMD equation.
no code implementations • 22 Sep 2020 • Hami Rabbani, Mostafa Ayaz, Lotfollah Beygi, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado, Erik Agrell, Magnus Karlsson
This nonlinear interference discrepancy between the results of the proposed model and the EGN model could be up to 2. 8 dB for a system with 80 WDM channels.
no code implementations • 25 Aug 2020 • Gabriele Liga, Astrid Barreiro, Hami Rabbani, Alex Alvarado
In optical communications, four-dimensional (4D) modulation formats encode information onto the quadrature components of two arbitrary orthogonal states of polarisation of the optical field.
no code implementations • 20 Jul 2020 • Vinícius Oliari, Sebastiaan Goossens, Christian Häger, Gabriele Liga, Rick M. Bütler, Menno van den Hout, Sjoerd van der Heide, Henry D. Pfister, Chigo Okonkwo, Alex Alvarado
One guiding principle for previous work on the design of practical nonlinearity compensation schemes is that fewer steps lead to better systems.
no code implementations • 25 Jan 2020 • Christian Häger, Henry D. Pfister, Rick M. Bütler, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
We propose a model-based machine-learning approach for polarization-multiplexed systems by parameterizing the split-step method for the Manakov-PMD equation.
no code implementations • 2 Oct 2019 • Boris Karanov, Gabriele Liga, Vahid Aref, Domaniç Lavery, Polina Bayvel, Laurent Schmalen
In this paper, we apply deep learning for communication over dispersive channels with power detection, as encountered in low-cost optical intensity modulation/direct detection (IM/DD) links.
Information Theory Signal Processing Information Theory
no code implementations • 22 Apr 2019 • Christian Häger, Henry D. Pfister, Rick M. Bütler, Gabriele Liga, Alex Alvarado
For the efficient compensation of fiber nonlinearity, one of the guiding principles appears to be: fewer steps are better and more efficient.