Optical Signal Property Synthesis at Runtime – An new approach for coherent transmission stress testing
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This document describes a new approach for coherent optical receiver stress testing using digital signal processing (DSP) in an arbitrary waveform generator (AWG)-based optical signal synthesizer. The new approach allows for real-time generation and control of optical signal properties like phase noise, polarization, and polarization mode dispersion that overcome limitations of pre-calculating entire waveforms. This provides a flexible test platform for systematically evaluating receivers under worst-case impairment conditions.
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Optical Signal Property Synthesis at Runtime – An new approach for coherent transmission stress testing
- 1. Optical Signal Property Synthesis at Runtime Andy Doberstein Keysight, Germany May 2015 A new Approach for Coherent Transmission Stress Testing
- 2. PageOutline 1. Test strategies for coherent optical receivers • Requirements and challenges of next generation optical transmission networks • Optical receiver stress testing and current limitations 2. Introducing DSP processing into AWG based optical signal synthesizer • Overview of real-time processing architecture • Clean signal generation / Generation of optical signal properties 3. Summary 5/27/2015 Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 2
- 3. Page Test strategies for coherent optical receivers Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 3 5/27/2015
- 4. Page Next generation optical transmission systems Challenges and requirements 5/27/2015 Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime ROADM: reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer EDFA: Erbium-doped fiber amplifier WXC: Wavelength cross connect 4 Increasing demand: end-user services (e.g. streaming), cloud computing applications with different QoS requirements Transmission impairments (stochastic/deterministic nature) : e.g. CD, PMD, ASE noise, non-linear distortions, filtering/ ROADM concatenation Needs network management: - Cognitive and adaptive optical networks - Condition monitoring to guarantee QoT - Reconfigurable transmitter and receivers
- 5. Page Key element: Coherent optical receiver Basic block diagram 5/27/2015 Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5
- 6. Page - Traditional receiver stress testing has different drawbacks: • All optical fiber testbed subject to stochastic processes • Lack of well-defined and reproducible worst-case stress conditions for coherent receiver testing • Inflexible, costly structure Coherent receiver testing Traditional test setup Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 6 Reference TX or golden line card Pattern generator Fiber testbed Coherent Receiver Error Detection DUT
- 7. Page Coherent receiver testing AWG based optical signal synthesis Reference TX or golden line card Pattern generator Fiber testbed Coherent Receiver Error Detection Optical Signal Synthesizer Coherent Receiver Error Detection DUT Laser source MZ MZ PBS PBC E/O Memory D/A D/A D/A D/A AWG Example: 256Gb/s channel - 64GSa/s sampling rate - 32GBaud data rate - DP-QAM16
- 8. Page Coherent receiver testing AWG based optical signal synthesis Reference TX or golden line card Pattern generator Fiber testbed Coherent Receiver Error Detection Optical Signal Synthesizer Coherent Receiver Error Detection DUT - Benefits of AWG based signal synthesis • Complementary setup for development of receiver algorithms • Flexible structure allows switching of signal parameters (modulation formats, optical impairments, etc.) • Deterministic and repeatable generation of stress conditions (incl. corner cases) • Increased test coverage at reduced test time (→ Importance sampling)
- 9. Page AWG based signal synthesis Limitation in current architecture 5/27/2015 Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime – Conventional AWGs generate signal from pre-calculated waveform memory (in the range of several GBytes) → Waveform exactly repeats after each memory loop iteration making it unfeasible to synthesize slow optical effects Example: 16GByte waveform memory (single channel) with 64GSa/s sampling rate = 250ms play length – Pre-calculated waveform exhibits strong correlation between undistorted data signal and emulated impairment – Cumbersome pre-calculation / upload into AWG waveform memory (large amounts of data) making it impossible to quickly change signal and impairment parameters 9
- 10. Page Introducing DSP processing into AWG based optical signal synthesizer Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 10 5/27/2015
- 11. Page AWG based signal synthesis Advanced real-time processing Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 11 Reference TX or golden line card Pattern generator Fiber testbed Coherent Receiver Error Detection Optical Signal Synthesizer Coherent Receiver Error Detection DUT D/A D/A D/A D/A AWG Laser source MZ MZ PBS PBC E/O DSP Memory NEW
- 12. Page - Similar structure as in receiver but in reverse order - Blocks enabled or bypassed individually - Impairments generated independently of „clean“ signal → better decorrelation - Coefficient banks and pattern memories can be programmed at run-time Novel architecture Adding real-time processing into signal synthesizer Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 12
- 13. Page Comparison Waveform playback vs. real-time processing Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 13 Operation Waveform mode (conventional operation ) Real-time processing mode Memory usage Pre-calculated samples representing waveform Only symbol pattern stored Signal parameter change Complete re-calculation Coefficients / pattern update at runtime Continuous play Waveform loops at end requiring matching begin and end Symbol pattern loops at end independently on real-time blocks Signal pre- distortion Pre-distortions (frequency response, skew, etc.) calculated into waveform Filter coefficients update at runtime
- 14. Page AWG with advanced Tx-DSP functionality Architectural overview Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 14 Architecture of AWG with real-time processing using the example of a Keysight M8195A prototype
- 15. Page Clean signal generation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 15 5/27/2015
- 16. Page Clean signal generation Basic blocks Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 16 Architecture of AWG with real-time processing using the example of a Keysight M8195A prototype
- 17. Page Clean signal generation Basic blocks Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 17 Architecture of AWG with real-time processing using the example of a Keysight M8195A prototype
- 18. Page Encoding examples: QPSK QAM16 QAM16 QAM64 QAM128 Clean signal generation Symbol encoding Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 18 - Encoding up to QAM256 QPSK
- 19. Page Clean signal generation Pulse shaping (interpolation filter) Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 19 - Generic FIR filter with 32 taps (at 32GBaud symbol rate) - Time-domain pulse shaping for increased spectral efficiency Exemplary constellation and eye diagrams for QAM-16 signal filtered with raised cosine filter a = 0.05 (Narrowest spectrum) a = 1.0 (Best Q-Factor) -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 Normalized frequency Powerspectrum(linear) Raised Cosine Filter a = 1 a = 0.7 a = 0.35 a = 0.05 -1 -0.8 -0.6 -0.4 -0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 -20 -15 -10 -5 0 5 Normalized frequency Powerspectrum(logarithmic) Raised Cosine Filter a = 1 a = 0.7 a = 0.35 a = 0.05
- 20. Page Generation of optical signal properties and impairments Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 20 5/27/2015
- 21. Page Optical signal property synthesis Phase noise & carrier frequency offset Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 21 Architecture of AWG with real-time processing using the example of a Keysight M8195A prototype
- 22. Page Electrical field of unmodulated carrier signal (single-mode semiconductor laser) Adding artificial phase noise / frequency offset (t) Optical signal property synthesis Phase noise & carrier frequency offset Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 22 𝑐 𝑡 = 𝐸 ∙ 𝑒𝑥𝑝 𝑗 2𝜋𝑓0 𝑡 + 𝜑 𝑡 Amplitude of electrical field Carrier frequency Intrinsic phase noise 𝑐 𝑡 𝑒 𝑗𝜃 𝑡 𝑐′ 𝑡
- 23. Page - Pre-programmed pattern contains rotation angles calculated on basis of laser phase noise model • Laser linewidth • Flicker noise / Random walk noise Optical signal property synthesis Phase noise & carrier frequency offset Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 23 Clean signal Emulated phase noiseExemplary phase pattern emulating desired phase noise parameters
- 24. Page Optical signal property synthesis Polarization control/rotation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 24 Architecture of AWG with real-time processing using the example of a Keysight M8195A prototype
- 25. Page - Generation of polarization rotation patterns based on underlying optical model - Pattern parameters and stored in pattern memory and played repetitively - Adjustable pattern advance rate to meet required SOP change rate from few rad/s to Mrad/s Optical signal property synthesis Polarization control/rotation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 25 𝑋𝐼′ + 𝑗𝑋𝑄′ 𝑌𝐼′ + 𝑗𝑌𝑄′ = 𝑊𝑥𝑥 𝑊𝑥𝑦 𝑊𝑦𝑥 𝑊𝑦𝑦 ∙ 𝑋𝐼 + 𝑗𝑋𝑄 𝑌𝐼 + 𝑗𝑌𝑄 Formula of 1-tap butterfly filter with scalar, complex coefficients Wxx, Wxy, Wyx and Wyy
- 26. Page Optical signal property synthesis Polarization control/rotation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 26 Examples of polarization rotation patterns with exemplary histogram of SOP change rate - Great circle pattern - „Slicer“ pattern SOP rate of change distribution
- 27. Page Optical signal property synthesis Polarization control/rotation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 27 Examples of polarization rotation patterns with exemplary histogram of SOP change rate - Great circle pattern - „Slicer“ pattern Measured trajectories on optical modulation analyzer (N4391A)
- 28. Page Optical signal property synthesis PMD emulation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 28 Architecture of AWG with real-time processing using the example of a Keysight M8195A prototype
- 29. Page Optical signal property synthesis PMD emulation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 29 - Model: concatenation of 7 birefringent segments with same retardation but variable axes orientation and residual phase - Retardation = 2 / samplerate (i.e. 31.25ps @64GSa/s) resulting in max. first-order PMD of 218ps - Digital time-domain representation as 7-tap butterfly FIR structure, with programmable, complex impulse responses hxx, hxy, hyx and hyy
- 30. Page Optical signal property synthesis PMD emulation Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 30 Addressable PMD space with shown model at 64GSa/s sampling rate: • First order PMD: up to 218ps • Second order PMD: up to 11500ps2 Addressable PMD space 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 200 220 0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 First-order PMD [ps] Second.orderPMD[ps2] -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 50 100 150 200 DGD(ps) -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 0 5000 10000 SOPMD(ps2) -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50 -4000 -2000 0 2000 4000 Relative frequency (GHz) PDCD(ps2) PMD spectra (exemplary settings) 32G channel spectrum - Red dots: selected states from 7 segment model - Green dots: selected states from 6 segment model - Blue dots: simulated random states
- 31. Page Summary Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 31 - Next generation optical transmission systems require cognitive networks and network condition monitoring to meet demanded quality of service (QoS) for future applications. - Powerful DSP algorithms in coherent receivers are one key element for mitigating optical signal impairments occurring in transmission path and ensuring required quality of transmission (QoT). - Real-time processing features in enable deterministic and repeatable stress conditions for development and tolerance testing of coherent receivers, thus increasing test coverage at reduced test time.
- 32. Page Question & Answers Optical Signal Synthesis at Runtime 5/27/2015 32