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 …

Multi-task learning to enhance generazability of neural network equalizers in coherent optical systems

S Srivallapanondh, PJ Freire, A Alam, N Costa… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
For the first time, multi-task learning is proposed to improve the flexibility of NN-based
equalizers in coherent systems. A" single" NN-based equalizer improves Q-factor by up to 4 …

Multi-task learning to enhance generalizability of neural network equalizers in coherent optical systems

S Srivallapanondh, PJ Freire, A Alam… - 49th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the first time, multi-task learning is proposed to improve the flexibility of NN-based
equalizers in coherent systems. A``single" NN-based equalizer improves Q-factor by up to 4 …

Hardware-Efficient Neural Network-Based Receiver for Intensity-Modulated Direct-Detection Short-Reach Optical Links

Z Xu, Q Wu, C Chen, H Ji, Y Yang… - 2023 IEEE 15th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intensity-modulated direct-detection (IMDD) systems dominate short-reach optical
communication applications such as data center interconnects. However, the nonlinear …

Logic Design of Neural Networks for High-Throughput and Low-Power Applications

K Xu, GL Zhang, U Schlichtmann… - 2024 29th Asia and South …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Neural networks (NNs) have been successfully deployed in various fields. In NNs, a large
number of multiply-accumulate (MAC) operations need to be performed. Most existing digital …

Towards Neural Network Equalizer Implementations for IM/DD Transceivers

C Bluemm, B Liu, T Rahman, B Li… - … Opto-Electronics and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Next generation DCI/DCN reaches 800Gb/s. Distances up to 10km make chromatic
dispersion the bottleneck for O-band PAM4 CWDM4. Neural network equalizers provide …

Area-efficient hardware parallelization of neural network CD equalizers for 4× 200 Gb/s PAM4 CWDM4 systems

B Liu, C Bluemm, S Calabro, B Li… - 49th European …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We compare hardware parallelization of CD equalizers on 10 km 4x200 Gb/s IM/DD PAM4
O-band measurements. A single neural network equalizer with multiple output symbols …