Reducing computational complexity of neural networks in optical channel equalization: From concepts to implementation

PJ Freire, A Napoli, B Spinnler… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a novel methodology for developing low-complexity neural network
(NN) based equalizers to address impairments in high-speed coherent optical transmission …

Performance versus complexity study of neural network equalizers in coherent optical systems

PJ Freire, Y Osadchuk, B Spinnler, A Napoli… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We present the results of the comparative performance-versus-complexity analysis for the
several types of artificial neural networks (NNs) used for nonlinear channel equalization in …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental implementation of a neural network optical channel equalizer in restricted hardware using pruning and quantization

DA Ron, PJ Freire, JE Prilepsky, M Kamalian-Kopae… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The deployment of artificial neural networks-based optical channel equalizers on edge-
computing devices is critically important for the next generation of optical communication …

Implementing neural network-based equalizers in a coherent optical transmission system using field-programmable gate arrays

PJ Freire, S Srivallapanondh, M Anderson… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
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 …

Computational complexity optimization of neural network-based equalizers in digital signal processing: a comprehensive approach

P Freire, S Srivallapanondh, B Spinnler… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Experimental results based on offline processing reported at optical conferences
increasingly rely on neural network-based equalizers for accurate data recovery. However …

Neural networks-based equalizers for coherent optical transmission: Caveats and pitfalls

PJ Freire, A Napoli, B Spinnler, N Costa… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper performs a detailed, multi-faceted analysis of key challenges and common
design caveats related to the development of efficient neural networks (NN) based nonlinear …

Experimental study of deep neural network equalizers performance in optical links

PJ Freire, Y Osadchuk, B Spinnler… - 2021 Optical Fiber …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a convolutional-recurrent channel equalizer and experimentally demonstrate
1dB Q-factor improvement both in single-channel and 96× WDM, DP-16QAM transmission …

Towards FPGA implementation of neural network-based nonlinearity mitigation equalizers in coherent optical transmission systems

PJ Freire, M Anderson, B Spinnler, T Bex… - 2022 European …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Training data generation and validation for a neural network-based equalizer

T Liao, L Xue, L Huang, W Hu, L Yi - Optics Letters, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The neural network (NN) has been widely used as a promising technique in fiber optical
communication owing to its powerful learning capabilities. The NN-based equalizer is …

Low-complexity multi-task learning aided neural networks for equalization in short-reach optical interconnects

Z Xu, S Dong, JH Manton, W Shieh - Journal of Lightwave …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
With the rapid development of machine learning technologies in recent years, different types
of neural network (NN)-based equalizers have been proposed and proved to be efficient …