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We present the results of the comparative analysis of the performance versus complexity for several types of artificial neural networks (NNs) used for nonlinear channel equalization in coherent optical communication systems. The comparison…
In this paper, a new methodology is proposed that allows for the low-complexity development of neural network (NN) based equalizers for the mitigation of impairments in high-speed coherent optical transmission systems. In this work, we…
Addressing the neural network-based optical channel equalizers, we quantify the trade-off between their performance and complexity by carrying out the comparative analysis of several neural network architectures, presenting the results for…
The deployment of artificial neural networks-based optical channel equalizers on edge-computing devices is critically important for the next generation of optical communication systems. However, this is still a highly challenging problem,…
In this work, we address the question of the adaptability of artificial neural networks (NNs) used for impairments mitigation in optical transmission systems. We demonstrate that by using well-developed techniques based on the concept of…
The ever-increasing data rates of modern communication systems lead to severe distortions of the communication signal, imposing great challenges to state-of-the-art signal processing algorithms. In this context, neural network (NN)-based…
We examine here what type of predictive modelling, classification, or regression, using neural networks (NN), fits better the task of soft-demapping based post-processing in coherent optical communications, where the transmission channel is…
For the first time, recurrent and feedforward neural network-based equalizers for nonlinearity compensation are implemented in an FPGA, with a level of complexity comparable to that of a dispersion equalizer. We demonstrate that the…
In this work, we demonstrate the offline FPGA realization of both recurrent and feedforward neural network (NN)-based equalizers for nonlinearity compensation in coherent optical transmission systems. First, we present a realization…
Neural networks (NNs) inspired by the forward-backward algorithm (FBA) are used as equalizers for bandlimited channels with a memoryless nonlinearity. The NN-equalizers are combined with successive interference cancellation (SIC) to…
Recently, deep learning methods have shown significant improvements in communication systems. In this paper, we study the equalization problem over the nonlinear channel using neural networks. The joint equalizer and decoder based on neural…
For the first time, multi-task learning is proposed to improve the flexibility of NN-based equalizers in coherent systems. A "single" NN-based equalizer improves Q-factor by up to 4 dB compared to CDC, without re-training, even with…
In this paper, we introduce a new nonlinear optical channel equalizer based on Transformers. By leveraging parallel computation and attending directly to the memory across a sequence of symbols, we show that Transformers can be used…
Low-complexity neural networks (NNs) have successfully been applied for digital signal processing (DSP) in short-reach intensity-modulated directly detected optical links, where chromatic dispersion-induced impairments significantly limit…
The quantization of neural networks for the mitigation of the nonlinear and components' distortions in dual-polarization optical fiber transmission is studied. Two low-complexity neural network equalizers are applied in three 16-QAM 34.4…
To satisfy the growing throughput demand of data-intensive applications, the performance of optical communication systems increased dramatically in recent years. With higher throughput, more advanced equalizers are crucial, to compensate…
With the growing demand for high-bandwidth applications like video streaming and cloud services, the data transfer rates required for wireline communication keeps increasing, making the channel loss a major obstacle in achieving low bit…
Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) are becoming an important tool in modern computing applications. Accelerating their training is a major challenge and techniques range from distributed algorithms to low-level circuit design. In this survey, we…
As soon as abstract mathematical computations were adapted to computation on digital computers, the problem of efficient representation, manipulation, and communication of the numerical values in those computations arose. Strongly related…
The use of machine learning methods to tackle challenging physical layer signal processing tasks has attracted significant attention. In this work, we focus on the use of neural networks (NNs) to perform pilot-assisted channel estimation in…