Patent ID: 9654225
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A system for transmitting an optical signal at a target data rate in an optical communication network, comprising: a SerializerDeserializer transmitter (SerDes TX) having a feed-forward equalizer, a SerDes TX electrical input port, and a SerDes TX electrical output port capable of generating an optical signal at the target data rate; an optical modulator capable of operating at only a lower data rate of less than 0.75 of the target data rate, thereby generating inter-symbol interference, and including: an optical demodulator capable of operating at only a lower data rate of less than 0.75 of the target data rate, thereby generating inter-symbol interference, and including: a SerializerDeserializer receiver (SerDes RX), including: a SerDes RX electrical output port.