Modulation Format Recognition for Optical Signals Using Connected Component Analysis

We investigate and characterize the blind modulation format recognition method based on connected component analysis for general-purpose optical receivers. A converted binary graph is generated by projecting a part of the received data in Stokes space onto a 2-D plane. We further characterize three...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 11 - 14
Main Authors Bo, Tianwai, Tang, Jin, Chan, Chun-Kit
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.01.2017
Subjects
Modulation formats
optical detection
Optical filters
Optical modulation
Optical noise
Optical receivers
pattern recognition
Phase shift keying
Signal to noise ratio
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Summary:We investigate and characterize the blind modulation format recognition method based on connected component analysis for general-purpose optical receivers. A converted binary graph is generated by projecting a part of the received data in Stokes space onto a 2-D plane. We further characterize three key parameters, namely, the threshold of density filter, the size of averaging filter, and the required number of data points for successful format recognition. In addition, we compare the computation complexity of the proposed method with other format recognition methods in Stokes space. Our results show that there exists a common set of parameters such that the proposed method can recognize a number of common optical modulation formats, proving its good robustness and practicality.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2016.2623645