Fast measurement of bit error rate and error probability estimation in digital communication systems

Author

Popovici, A.C.

Author_Institution

Telecommmun. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland

Volume

5

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

2736

Abstract

Direct measurement of the bit error rate in relation to the signal-to-noise ratio can require a prohibitive amount of time because of the operationally low error probability (e.g. in optical fiber systems). We present a method of error probability estimation based upon signal acquisition and the evaluation of its statistical parameters. This method allows an accelerated measurement of digital transmission system performance using a computer-controlled digitizing oscilloscope

Keywords

cathode-ray oscilloscopes; computerised instrumentation; digital communication; digital instrumentation; error statistics; network topology; optical fibre LAN; optical variables measurement; 3D eye diagram; BER; SNR; accelerated measurement; bit error rate; computer-controlled digitizing oscilloscope; digital communication systems; direct measurement; error probability estimation; fast measurement; low error probability; optical fiber systems; optical star LAN demonstrator; signal acquisition; signal-to-noise ratio; statistical parameters evaluation; system performance; Bit error rate; Digital communication; Error probability; Estimation error; Histograms; Optical fibers; Oscilloscopes; Signal analysis; System performance; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Conference_Location

Sydney,NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776485

Filename

776485