CROSSTALK COMPENSATION ENGINE FOR FOR REDUCING SIGNAL CROSSTALK EFFECTS WITHIN A DATA SIGNAL

摘要

A crosstalk compensation engine for reducing signal crosstalk effects within a data signa (21). Demultiplexed (DEMUX) data signals corresponding to multiplexed data signals (21) received via a signal transmission medium (105) are processed to significantly reduce one or more signal crosstalk products related to one or more interactions among the multiplexed data signals within the signal transmission medium. Such signal crosstalk products include those resulting from dense wavelength division multiplexing of the data signals used to provide the multiplexed data signals, four-wave mixing among the multiplexed data signals within the signal transmission medium, and cross-phase modulation among the multiplexed data signals within the signal transmission medium.