# Reservoir Computing-based Multi-Symbol Equalization for PAM 4 Short-reach Transmission

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.00738 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2212.00738/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- Builds on 1 of its 9 references that are in the map.
- First posted on arXiv 29 Nov 2022.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Performance versus Complexity Study of Neural Network Equalizers in Coherent Optical Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2103.08212/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We propose spectrum-sliced reservoir computer-based (RC) multi-symbol equalization for 32-GBd PAM4 transmission. RC with 17 symbols at the output achieves an order of magnitude reduction in multiplications/symbol versus single output case while maintaining simple training.