Patent ID: 7978982

Claim:
An electronic dispersion compensation (EDC) system comprising: first EDC solution application module configured to apply a first EDC solution to a first signal, wherein the first EDC solution application module is configured to receive the first signal from a source and create a second signal after applying the first EDC solution to the first signal; a second EDC solution application module configured to apply a second EDC solution to the first signal, wherein the second EDC solution application module is configured to receive the first signal from the source and create a third signal after applying the second EDC solution to the first signal, wherein the second EDC solution application module directly receives the first signal without also receiving at least a portion of the second signal; and a solution transition module, the solution transition module being configured to determine a path between the first EDC solution and the second EDC solution when it is determined that the second EDC solution produces a better electronic dispersion compensation result, the solution transition module being configured to provide transition instructions to the first EDC solution application module, the transition instructions including one or more intermediate EDC solutions disposed along the path between the first EDC solution and the second EDC solution.