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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…
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…
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…
This paper performs a detailed, multi-faceted analysis of key challenges and common design caveats related to the development of efficient neural networks (NN) nonlinear channel equalizers in coherent optical communication systems. Our…
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…
A neural networks (NN) compensator is designed for systems with multi-segment piecewise-linear nonlinearities. The compensator uses the back stepping technique with NN for inverting the multi-segment piecewise-linear nonlinearities in the…
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…
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…
We design and implement an adaptive machine learning equalizer that alternates multiple linear and nonlinear computational layers on an FPGA. On-chip training via gradient backpropagation is shown to allow for real-time adaptation to…
Linear and nonlinear distortions in optical communication signals are equalized using an integrated feed-forward Photonic Neural Network (PNN). The PNN is based on a linear stage made of an 8-tap Finite Impulse Response (FIR) filter,…
In recent years, communication engineers put strong emphasis on artificial neural network (ANN)-based algorithms with the aim of increasing the flexibility and autonomy of the system and its components. In this context, unsupervised…
The ever-increasing demand for higher data rates in communication systems intensifies the need for advanced non-linear equalizers capable of higher performance. Recently artificial neural networks (ANNs) were introduced as a viable…
In this work, we present a high-throughput field programmable gate array (FPGA) demonstrator of an artificial neural network (ANN)-based equalizer. The equalization is performed and illustrated in real-time for a 30 GBd, two-level pulse…
There is a recent interest in neural network (NN)-based communication algorithms which have shown to achieve (beyond) state-of-the-art performance for a variety of problems or lead to reduced implementation complexity. However, most work on…
Fiber nonlinearity represents a critical challenge to the capacity enhancement of modern optical communication systems. In recent years, significant research efforts have focused on mitigating its impact through two complementary…
Nonlinearities can be introduced into communication systems by the physical components such as the power amplifier, or during signal propagation through a nonlinear channel. These nonlinearities can be compensated by a nonlinear equalizer…
Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) has become more popular choice for various tasks such as computer vision, speech recognition and natural language processing. Thanks to their large computational capability and throughput, GPUs ,which are…
Efficient nonlinearity compensation in fiber-optic communication systems is considered a key element to go beyond the "capacity crunch''. One guiding principle for previous work on the design of practical nonlinearity compensation schemes…
Nonlinearity mitigation using digital signal processing has been shown to increase the achievable data rates of optical fiber transmission links. One especially effective technique is digital back propagation (DBP), an algorithm capable of…
Compensating for nonlinear effects using digital signal processing (DSP) is complex and computationally expensive in long-haul optical communication systems due to intractable interactions between Kerr nonlinearity, chromatic dispersion…