MRI: Acquisition of equipment for high speed optical communications research and education at College of Staten Island

研究目标和方法本研究的目标是研究先进的通信技术、并行计算技术，并使用一个通用的、可编程的实验平台来模拟任意信号的产生和检测，该平台将使用所获得的设备进行组装。其方法是将该平台与现有的高性能计算机集成，以自动生成、检测和处理高速、多电平的光信号。这可以被编程为实验研究高频谱效率的光信号的性能，并支持实时高速数据分析的研究。智能优点该实验平台提供了对单个实验装置进行灵活的软件控制重新配置的新颖能力，以执行针对不同网络应用的任意调制格式的综合性能评估，并研究自适应电子补偿方案的关键方面。它利用高性能计算引擎提供海量并行数字信号处理能力，通过用实时在线处理取代目前大多数高速实验使用的离线处理，减少了数据处理所需的时间。因此，它使得研究具有复杂调制格式的高速通信(超过100Gbps)、提高性能和各种光学系统应用空间成为可能。更广泛的影响拟议中的工作将加强我们的学生S在斯塔滕岛进行研究生和本科生研究的机会，并改善他们与高科技行业的互动。它还将把纽约城市大学的学生和教职员工聚集在一起，研究多学科问题，并能够招收代表人数不足的少数族裔和/或女学生。

Research Objectives and ApproachesThe objective of this research is to study advanced communication technologies, parallel computation techniques and model arbitrary signal generation and detection using a versatile, programmable experimental platform that will be assembled using the obtained equipment. The approach is to integrate this platform with an existing high-performance computer to automatically generate, detect and process high-speed, multi-level optical signals. This can be programmed to experimentally study the performance of high spectrally-efficient optical signals and support the study of real-time high-speed data analysis. Intellectual Merit The experimental platform offers the novel capability of flexible software-controlled reconfiguration of a single experimental setup to perform comprehensive performance evaluations of arbitrary modulation formats for different network applications and to study key aspects of adaptive electronic compensation schemes. It takes advantage of the high performance computing engine to provide massive parallel digital signal processing capability and reduce the required time for data processing by replacing offline processing, which is currently used by most high-speed experiments, with real-time online processing. It thus enables research on high speed communications (beyond 100Gbps) with complex modulation formats, improved performance and on a variety of optical system application spaces. Broader ImpactsThe proposed work will strengthen our student?s exposure to graduate and undergraduate research here on Staten Island as well as improve their interactions with the high-tech industry. It will also bring together students and faculty within the City University of NY to study multidisciplinary problems and enable recruitment of underrepresented minorities and/or women students.