Machine Learning for Future Fiber-Optic Communication Systems

Chapter One: Introduction to machine learning techniques: An optical communication's perspective

Faisal Nadeem Khan^a; Qirui Fan^b; Chao Lu^c; Alan Pak Tao Lau^b    aTsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School, Tsinghua University, Shenzhen, China^bDepartment of Electrical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China^cDepartment of Electronic and Information Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China

Abstract

Machine learning (ML) has revolutionized a number of science and engineering disciplines over the past few years. It is also being considered as a new direction of innovation to transform future fiber-optic communication systems. Recently, there has been an increasing amount ...