EP2599243A1 - Compensation de bruit de phase dans des systèmes de communications optiques cohérents - Google Patents

Compensation de bruit de phase dans des systèmes de communications optiques cohérents

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EP2599243A1
EP2599243A1 EP10751917.5A EP10751917A EP2599243A1 EP 2599243 A1 EP2599243 A1 EP 2599243A1 EP 10751917 A EP10751917 A EP 10751917A EP 2599243 A1 EP2599243 A1 EP 2599243A1
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Marco Secondini
Tommaso Foggi
Giulio Colavolpe
Gianluca Meloni
Luca Poti
Enrico Forestierei
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Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson AB
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/60—Receivers
    • H04B10/66—Non-coherent receivers, e.g. using direct detection
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    • H04B10/671—Optical arrangements in the receiver for controlling the input optical signal
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    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
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  • the invention relates to a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network.
  • the invention further relates to a coherent optical receiver, an optical transmitter and an optical communications network.
  • Laser phase noise is due to the instabilities of optical light sources, whose linewidth can vary from a few hundreds kHz to a few MHz, and it can prevent correct detection of transmitted data.
  • Countermeasures to reduce the sensitivity to phase noise of SC coherent systems with inline dispersion compensation have been proposed in G. Colavolpe et al, "J. Lightwave Tech., vol 27, no. 13, pp2357-2369, 01 July 2009. In OFDM systems, the effect of phase noise is even more severe and represents a major comparison aspect between OFDM and SC.
  • phase noise depends on the laser linewidth, the transmission bit-rate, the modulation format, and on the presence of a strategy to combat phase noise.
  • the impact of phase noise also depends on the memory length.
  • an equivalent phase noise given by the sum of transmit and receive phase noise, is observed at the receiver.
  • an SC scheme which employs asynchronous strategies for detection and for the adjustment of the equalizer taps described by G. Colavolpe et al exhibits a very good robustness to phase noise.
  • An OFDM system provided that short OFDM symbols are employed, exhibits a limited performance degradation for lasers' linewidths of practical interest.
  • a possible solution to improve the robustness against phase noise is the use of a pilot-tone based compensation method.
  • a first aspect of the invention provides a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network.
  • the method comprises receiving a traffic sample.
  • the method further comprises receiving an optical carrier and determining a phase noise estimate for the optical carrier.
  • the phase noise estimate is removed from the traffic sample to form a phase noise compensated traffic sample.
  • the method comprises receiving a traffic carrying signal at a coherent optical receiver.
  • the method further comprises receiving a first optical carrier and power splitting the first optical carrier into a first part and a second part.
  • the first part is delivered to the coherent optical receiver to generate a received traffic sample from the traffic carrying signal.
  • the second part of the first optical carrier is interrogated to determine a phase noise estimate for the first optical signal.
  • the method further comprises removing the phase noise estimate from the received traffic sample to form a phase noise compensated received traffic sample.
  • the method may thus enable inexpensive lasers which could not otherwise be used due to the amount of phase noise which they generate to be employed as local oscillators within coherent optical receivers.
  • the method may enable a coherent optical receiver to operate as if a local oscillator with a higher optical coherence were being used.
  • the method comprises receiving a traffic sample to be transmitted.
  • the method further comprises receiving a second optical carrier.
  • the second optical carrier is interrogated to determine a phase noise estimate for the second optical carrier.
  • the method further comprises removing the phase noise estimate from the traffic sample to be transmitted to form a phase noise compensated traffic sample for transmission on the second optical carrier.
  • the method may thus enable inexpensive lasers which could not otherwise be used due to the amount of phase noise which they generate to be employed to generate optical carrier signals for transmitting traffic samples within a coherent optical communications network.
  • the method may enable an optical transmitter to operate as if it were generating an optical carrier signal having a higher optical coherence.
  • the estimate of the phase noise is determined by measuring phase variations of the optical carrier and integrating the measured phase variations.
  • the estimate of the phase noise depends on a sampling interval, T c , the time interval, ⁇ , across which the phase variation is measured, and the measured phase variation.
  • ⁇ ⁇ _ ⁇ is an estimate of the phase noise at an earlier time, k-1.
  • z is substantially equal to the phase noise variation plus a Gaussian noise contribution added during measurement.
  • a second aspect of the invention provides a coherent optical receiver comprising a coherent optical detector, phase noise estimation apparatus, and a mixer.
  • the coherent optical detector is arranged to receive a traffic carrying signal and to receive a first part of an optical carrier.
  • the coherent optical detector is further arranged to generate a received traffic sample.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus is arranged to receive a second part of the optical carrier and to generate an estimate of the phase noise of the optical carrier.
  • the mixer is arranged to receive the received traffic sample and the estimate of the phase noise.
  • the mixer is arranged to mix the received traffic sample and the estimate of the phase noise to remove the phase noise estimate from the received traffic sample. A phase noise compensated received traffic sample is thereby formed.
  • the receiver may therefore reduce the effects of receive phase noise.
  • Using the receiver in an SC coherent transmission system may enable an equalizer in the system, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering.
  • the receiver may allow an inexpensive laser which could not otherwise be used due to the amount of phase noise which they generate to be employed as a local oscillator to generate the optical carrier.
  • the receiver may thus operate as if a local oscillator with a higher optical coherence were being used.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus comprises phase measurement apparatus, sampling apparatus and a phase estimator.
  • the measurement apparatus is arranged to generate a phase measurement signal.
  • the sampling apparatus is arranged to sample the phase measurement signal at a sampling period, T c , to generate phase noise measurements.
  • the phase estimator is arranged to receive the phase noise measurements and to integrate the phase noise measurements to generate a phase noise estimate.
  • the phase measurement apparatus comprises one of: a 90 degree optical hybrid and first and second photodetectors; and an optical filter having a substantially linearly varying transfer function at a carrier frequency of the optical carrier and a photodetector.
  • the phase noise estimator is arranged to generate a phase noise estimate which depends on the sampling interval, T c , a time interval, ⁇ , across which the phase variation is measured, and the measured phase variation.
  • the phase noise estimator is arranged to generate a phase noise
  • z' ⁇ z ⁇ - , where z ⁇ ⁇ is the phase of the sample and the average value of z ⁇ . 0 k _ l is an estimate of the phase noise at an earlier time, k-1. z is substantially equal to the phase noise variation plus a Gaussian noise contribution added during measurement.
  • a third aspect of the invention provides an optical transmitter comprising phase noise estimation apparatus, a mixer and an optical modulator.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus is arranged to receive a first part of an optical carrier and to generate an estimate of the phase noise of the optical carrier.
  • the mixer is arranged to receive a traffic sample to be transmitted and the estimate of the phase noise.
  • the mixer is further arranged to mix the traffic sample to be transmitted and the estimate of the phase noise to remove the phase noise estimate from the traffic sample.
  • a phase noise compensated traffic sample for transmission is thereby formed.
  • the optical modulator is arranged to receive a second part of the optical carrier and the phase noise compensated traffic sample.
  • the optical modulator is further arranged to apply the phase noise compensated traffic sample to the second part of the optical carrier.
  • the transmitter may thus be used with inexpensive lasers which could not otherwise be used due to the amount of phase noise which they generate to generate the optical carrier.
  • the optical transmitter may thus operate as if it were using an optical carrier signal having a higher optical coherence.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus comprises phase measurement apparatus, sampling apparatus and a phase estimator.
  • the measurement apparatus is arranged to generate a phase measurement signal.
  • the sampling apparatus is arranged to sample the phase measurement signal at a sampling period, T c , to generate phase noise measurements.
  • the phase estimator is arranged to receive the phase noise measurements and to integrate the phase noise measurements to generate a phase noise estimate.
  • the phase measurement apparatus comprises one of: a 90 degree optical hybrid and first and second photodetectors; and an optical filter having a substantially linearly varying transfer function at a carrier frequency of the optical carrier and a photodetector.
  • the phase noise estimator is arranged to generate a phase noise estimate which depends on the sampling interval, T c , a time interval, ⁇ , across which the phase variation is measured, and the measured phase variation. In an embodiment, the phase noise estimator is arranged to generate a phase noise
  • a fourth aspect of the invention provides a coherent optical communications network comprising an optical link and a coherent optical receiver coupled to a first end of the optical link.
  • the coherent optical receiver is as described in any of the paragraphs above.
  • the coherent optical receiver may reduce the effects of receive phase noise in the network.
  • Using the coherent optical receiver in the network may enable an equalizer in the system, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering for SC transmission.
  • the network further comprises an optical transmitter coupled to a second end of the optical link.
  • the optical transmitter is as described in any of the paragraphs above.
  • Using both the coherent optical receiver and the optical transmitter in the coherent transmission system may enable an equalizer in the system, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering for OFDM transmission.
  • a fifth aspect of the invention provides an optical communications network element comprising at least one of a coherent optical receiver and an optical transmitter.
  • the coherent optical receiver is as described in any of the paragraphs above.
  • the optical transmitter is as described in any of the paragraphs above.
  • Providing a coherent optical receiver may reduce the effects of receive phase noise at the network element.
  • Providing a coherent optical receiver in the network element may enable an equalizer arranged to receive an output of the receiver, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering for SC transmission.
  • Providing both a coherent optical receiver and a optical transmitter in the network element may enable an equalizer arranged to receive an output of the receiver, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering for OFDM transmission.
  • a sixth aspect of the invention provides a data carrier having computer readable instructions embodied therein.
  • the said computer readable instructions are for providing access to resources available on a processor.
  • the computer readable instructions comprise instructions to cause the processor to perform any of the above steps of the method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network.
  • Figure 1 shows the steps of a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 2 shows the steps of a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a second embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 3 shows the steps of a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a third embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 4 shows the steps of a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a fourth embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 5 shows the steps of a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a fifth embodiment of the invention
  • Figure 6 shows the steps of a method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a sixth embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 7 is schematic representation of a coherent optical receiver according to a seventh embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 8 is a schematic representation of an optical transmitter according to an eighth embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 9 is a schematic representation of phase noise estimation apparatus for use in a coherent optical receiver or an optical transmitter according to a ninth embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 10 is a schematic representation of phase noise estimation apparatus for use in a coherent optical receiver or an optical transmitter according to a tenth embodiment of the invention;
  • Figure 11 is a schematic representation of phase noise estimation apparatus for use in a coherent optical receiver or an optical transmitter according to an eleventh
  • Figure 12 is a schematic representation of an optical network element according to a twelfth embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 13 is a schematic representation of an optical network according to a thirteenth embodiment of the invention.
  • a first embodiment of the invention provides a method 10 of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network.
  • the method 10 comprises:
  • phase noise estimate from the traffic sample to form a phase noise compensated traffic sample 16.
  • a second embodiment of the invention provides a method 20 of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network.
  • the steps of the method 20 of this embodiment are shown in Figure 2.
  • the method 20 of this embodiment is for use at a coherent optical receiver and comprises:
  • the method 20 may enable the coherent optical receiver to operate as if the first optical carrier were generated by a local oscillator with a higher optical coherence. This may enable inexpensive lasers which could not otherwise be used due to the amount of phase noise which they generate to be employed as local oscillators within coherent optical receivers.
  • the method 20 may be used to reduce the effects of receive phase noise and doing this in an SC coherent transmission system may enable an equalizer in the system, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering.
  • Figure 3 shows the steps of a method 30 of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network according to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • the method 30 of this embodiment is for use at an optical transmitter in a coherent optical communications network.
  • the method 30 comprises:
  • phase noise estimate from the traffic sample to be transmitted to form a phase noise compensated traffic sample for transmission on the second optical carrier 36.
  • the method 30 may be used to reduce the effect of transmit phase noise, enabling an optical transmitter to operate as if it were using an optical carrier signal having a higher optical coherence. This enable inexpensive lasers which could not otherwise be used due to the amount of phase noise which they generate to be employed to generate optical carrier signals for transmitting traffic samples within a coherent optical communications network.
  • a fourth embodiment of the invention provides a method 40 of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network. The steps of the method 40 of this embodiment are shown in Figure 4.
  • the method 40 of this embodiment is for use at the optical transmitter and the coherent optical receiver at either end of an optical link in a coherent optical
  • the method 40 comprises:
  • phase noise estimate from the traffic sample to be transmitted to form a phase noise compensated traffic sample for transmission on the second optical carrier 36; receiving a traffic carrying signal at a coherent optical receiver 22;
  • phase noise estimate from the received traffic sample to form a phase noise compensated received traffic sample 16.
  • the method 40 may be used to reduce the effects of both transmit and receive phase noise and doing this in an OFDM coherent transmission system may enable an equalizer in the system, which compensates for group velocity dispersion, to reverse intersymbol interference due to the combined effects of transmit phase noise and channel filtering.
  • a fifth embodiment of the invention provides a method 50 of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network.
  • the steps of the method 50 of this embodiment are shown in Figure 5.
  • the estimate of the phase noise is determined by measuring phase variations of the optical carrier and integrating the measured phase variations 52.
  • a sixth embodiment of the invention provides a method 60 of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network. The steps of the method 60 of this embodiment are shown in Figure 6.
  • the steps of the method 60 of this embodiment are substantially the same as the steps of the method 20 of Figure 2, with the following modifications.
  • the same reference numbers are retained for corresponding steps.
  • the estimate of the phase noise depends on a sampling interval, T c , the time interval, ⁇ , across which the phase variation is measured, and the measured phase variation.
  • phase noise variations of the optical carrier are measured and an estimate of the phase noise, 0 k , of the optical carrier at a time, k, is determined from:
  • T c is the sampling time
  • z' ⁇ z ⁇ -
  • ⁇ ⁇ _ ⁇ is an estimate of the phase noise at an earlier time
  • k-1 is an estimate of the phase noise at an earlier time
  • z k ' is substantially equal to the phase noise variation plus some Gaussian noise
  • phase estimate 0 k
  • a slowly increasing deviation from the actual phase of the optical carrier is introduced due to error accumulation, resulting in a residual phase noise.
  • This deviation can be practically approximated as a Wiener-like process, thus resembling the phase noise
  • a seventh embodiment of the invention provides a coherent optical receiver 70, as
  • the coherent optical receiver 70 comprises a coherent optical detector 72, phase noise estimation apparatus 80 and a mixer 84.
  • the coherent optical detector 72 is arranged to receive a traffic carrying signal 74.
  • the coherent optical receiver 70 is arranged to receive an optical carrier 76 and comprises a beam splitter 88 arranged to split the optical carrier into a first part 76a and a second part
  • the coherent optical detector 72 is arranged to receive the first part of the optical carrier 76a and to use the first part 76a to coherently detect the traffic carrying signal 74 to generate a received traffic sample and to transmit a received traffic sample carrying signal (3 ⁇ 4) 78.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 is arranged to receive the second part of the optical carrier 76b and to generate an estimate of the phase noise, 0 k , of the optical carrier. The phase noise estimate is transmitted as a phase noise estimate signal, 6 J ' k , 82.
  • the mixer 84 is arranged to receive the received traffic sample carrying signal 78 and the phase noise estimate signal 82 and to mix the signals to remove the phase noise estimate from the received traffic sample. The mixer 84 thereby forms a phase noise
  • 3 ⁇ 4 denotes a vector in which samples of the received traffic signal, are stored.
  • the received traffic signal is sampled at a sampling interval, T c , with samples being collected at times kT c .
  • FIG 8 shows an optical transmitter 90 according to an eighth embodiment of the invention.
  • the optical transmitter 90 comprises phase noise estimation apparatus 80, a mixer 96 and an optical modulator 102.
  • the optical transmitter 90 is arranged to receive an optical carrier 92 and comprises a beam splitter 106 arranged to split the optical carrier into a first part 92a and a second part 92b.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 is arranged to receive the first part of the optical carrier 92a and to generate an estimate of the phase noise of the optical carrier.
  • the phase noise estimate is transmitted as a phase noise estimate signal, C 94.
  • the mixer is arranged to receive a traffic sample, ⁇ ⁇ , 98 to be transmitted and to receive the phase noise estimate signal 94.
  • the mixer 96 is arranged to mix the traffic sample 98 and the phase noise estimate signal 94, to remove the phase noise estimate from the traffic
  • phase noise compensated traffic sample , 100 for transmission.
  • the second part of the optical carrier 92b forms the optical carrier for carrying traffic for transmission and is received by the optical modulator 102.
  • the optical modulator also receives the phase noise compensated traffic samples 100 and modulates the second part of the optical carrier 92b with the traffic samples 100 to form a traffic carrying signal 104.
  • Figure 9 shows a phase noise estimation apparatus 80 for use in a coherent optical receiver 70 or the optical transmitter 90 according to a ninth embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figures 7 and 8.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 is arranged to measure the phase variations of a respective optical carrier 124 on a time interval, ⁇ . The measured phase variations are integrated to obtain an estimate of the phase of the optical carrier 124.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 is arranged to receive an optical carrier 124 and comprises an optical beam splitter 120 arranged to split the optical carrier into first and second parts 124a, 124b.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 comprises phase measurement apparatus 110, which in this example comprises a 90° optical hybrid 116 and two balanced photodetectors 118.
  • the 90° optical hybrid 116 is arranged to receive first and second parts 124a, 124b of the optical carrier, the second part of the optical carrier 124b being transmitted to the 90° optical hybrid 116 via a delay line 122 arranged to apply a delay, ⁇ , being the time interval across which the phase variation is to be measured.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 further comprises sampling apparatus 112 arranged to sample the phase measurement signal, being the output of the balanced photodetectors 118, at a sampling period T Ci to generate phase noise estimates y k .
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 further comprises a phase estimator 114 arranged to receive the phase noise measurements y k and to integrate them to generate a phase noise estimate, 0 k .
  • the phase noise estimate is transmitted as a phase noise estimate signal, ⁇ J ' k , 126.
  • the estimate of the phase noise depends on a sampling interval, T c , the time interval, ⁇ , across which the phase variation is measured, and the measured phase variation.
  • T Q is the sampling time
  • z' ⁇ z ⁇ -
  • 0 k _ l is an estimate of the phase noise at an earlier time, k-1
  • z k ' is substantially equal to the phase noise variation plus some Gaussian noise added during photodetection.
  • phase noise estimate 0 k
  • a slowly increasing deviation from the actual phase of the optical carrier is introduced due to error accumulation, resulting in a residual phase noise.
  • This deviation can be practically approximated as a Wiener-like process, thus resembling the phase noise of an equivalent local oscillator with a narrower linewidth.
  • the rate of deviation becomes faster with decreasing ⁇ .
  • Phase variations on time scales shorter than ⁇ are not compensated by the method. Therefore, the choice of the time interval, ⁇ , across which the phase variations are measured must be traded off with minimizing the residual phase noise.
  • FIG 10 shows phase noise estimation apparatus 130 for use with a coherent optical receiver 70 or an optical transmitter 90 according to a tenth embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figures 7 and 8.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 130 of this embodiment is substantially the same as the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 of Figure 9, with the following modifications.
  • the same reference numbers are retained for corresponding features.
  • the balanced photo detectors are replaced by single photo detectors 1 18 in the phase measurement apparatus 132.
  • FIG 1 1 shows phase noise estimation apparatus 140 for use with a coherent optical receiver 70 or an optical transmitter 90 according to an eleventh embodiment of the invention, as shown in Figures 7 and 8.
  • the phase noise estimation apparatus 140 is functionally equivalent to the phase noise estimation apparatus 80 of Figure 9, with the following structural modifications.
  • the same reference numbers are retained for corresponding features.
  • the phase measurement apparatus 142 comprises an optical filter 144 and a photodetector 1 18.
  • the optical filter has a substantially linearly varying transfer function at the carrier frequency of the optical carrier 124.
  • the transmission amplitude of the optical filter 1 14 decreases approximately linearly around the frequency of the optical carrier 124, such that the output current from the photodetector 118 is approximately proportional to the time derivative of the phase of the optical carrier 124.
  • optical network element 150 comprises a coherent optical receiver 70 as shown in Figure 7 and a local oscillator 152 arranged to generate an optical carrier 76.
  • the optical communications network element 150 of this example is for use on the receive side of an optical communications network.
  • the coherent optical receiver may be replaced by an optical transmitter 90, as shown in Figure 8, for use on the transmit side of a communications network or the optical communications network element 150 may comprise both a coherent optical receiver 70 as shown in Figure 7 and an optical transmitter 90 as shown in Figure 8 to form an optical transceiver for use in an optical communications network.
  • a thirteenth embodiment of the invention provides a coherent optical communications network 160 comprising an optical link 162, a coherent optical receiver 70 coupled to a receive end of the optical link 162 and an optical transmitter 90 coupled to the transmit end of the optical link 162.
  • the coherent optical receiver 70 is as shown in Figure 7 and described above and the optical transmitter 90 is as shown in Figure 8 and described above.
  • a fourteenth embodiment of the invention provides a data carrier having computer readable instructions embodied therein.
  • the computer readable instructions are for providing access to resources available on a processor.
  • the computer readable instructions comprise instructions to cause the processor to perform the method of compensating phase noise in a coherent optical communications network, as described above in relation to any of Figures 1 to 6.
  • the data carrier may comprise a memory device, such as an electronic memory device or a digital versatile disc, or may comprise a communications signal, such as for transmitting data across a communications network.
  • a memory device such as an electronic memory device or a digital versatile disc
  • a communications signal such as for transmitting data across a communications network.

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L'invention porte sur un procédé (10) de compensation d'un bruit de phase dans un réseau de communications optiques cohérent. Le procédé consiste à : recevoir un échantillon de trafic (12); recevoir une porteuse optique et déterminer une estimation de bruit de phase pour la porteuse optique (14); et éliminer l'estimation de bruit de phase à partir de l'échantillon de trafic afin de former un échantillon de trafic compensé vis-à-vis du bruit de phase (16).
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