Low-Complexity DSP for Inter-Data Center Optical Fiber Communications (Tutorial)

In this tutorial, we discuss the trade-offs in the design of lower complexity, lower power DSP ASIC's for direct detect and coherent, pluggable optical modules in inter-data center applications.

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