Roadmap of workpackages and deliverables
1 Project Coordination - Internal evaluation
1.1 Internal evaluation at 6 month intervals
1.2 PROTOMI project website
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2 Optical Technology
2.1 Advanced modulation techniques
2.2 Optical dispersion compensation
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3 Electronic Equalization
3.1 Feedback equalizers with nonlinear terms
3.2 Maximum likelihood and clustering based sequence estimation
3.3 Comparative equalizer study for systems using advanced optical modulation formats and dispersion compensation
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4 Design methodology and implementation
of electronic equalizer on reconfigurable
platforms with embedded processors
4.1 Algorithmic Exploration and Transformations for Efficient Hardware Implementation
4.2 Architecture Exploration (System Generator)
4.3 VHDL Register Transfer Level Architecture Development
4.4 Prototype Implementation and Evaluation
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5 Dissemination of results
5.1 Electronic dissemination
5.2 Dissemination through publications
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6 Equipment/software procurement