Efficient Forward Error Correction Decoder Design for High-Speed Optical Networking
Bo Yuan, Li Li, Zhongfeng Wang · InTech eBooks · 2012
Due to the fast development of Internet, the traffic load of data network has increased dramatically in past decades. Accordingly, optical network, as the major carrier for data transmission, needs to increase its capacity to meet the increasing data rate requirement. As stated in the white paper of Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) (see [1]), the rapid growth of data flow demands optical network to double its capacity every 12-18 months. As a result, this critical requirement pushes various types of optical transmission systems to improve their delivered data rate at the same time.