Breakthroughs in Photonics 2014: Optical Physical-Layer Network Coding, Recent Developments, and Challenges
Open Access
- 31 March 2015
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Journal
- Vol. 7 (3), 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1109/jphot.2015.2418264
Abstract
Network coding is a revolutionary technique that can enhance network throughput and protection. This paper introduces optical physical-layer network coding (OPNC) and the recent development of OPNC, with focused discussion on “common-channel” OPNC that can efficiently utilize network resources. It also describes the challenges ahead of OPNC, including incorporating more than two signals for OPNC; circumventing the higher signal processing complexity when higher order modulations are adopted; and exploiting OPNC in more sophisticated multichannel systems.Keywords
Funding Information
- University Grants Committee, Hong Kong SAR, under Project AoE/E-02/08
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