Systems and methods for compensating polarization dependent loss (PDL) in dual polarized communication network

Abstract

The disclosed systems and methods for compensating the polarization dependent loss (PDL) in communication networks comprising: i) filtering, by a first feed-forward filter, a current set of symbols in an equalized X-Pol signal; ii) filtering, by a second feed-forward filter, a current set of symbols in an equalized Y-Pol signal; iii) filtering, by a first feed-backward filter, a previously decided set of symbols associated with the equalized X-Pol signal; iv) filtering, by a second feed-backward filter a previously decided set of symbols associated with the equalized Y-Pol signal; v) adding, by a first adder, the outputs from the first feed-forward filter and the second feed-forward filter; and vi) subtracting, by the first adder, the outputs from the first feed-backward filter and the second feed-backward filter from the addition of outputs from the first feed-forward filter and the second feed-forward filter to determine the symbols in the equalized X-Pol signal.

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