On the influence of interference in optical PPM telemetry systems

Author

Otte, Rob ; de Jong, Leo P. ; Van Roermund, Arthur H M

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

19-21 May 1997

Firstpage

1190

Abstract

Digital pulse position modulation is an attractive modulation scheme in wireless optical telemetry systems because of its power efficiency. Usually, the bit error rate is assumed to depend solely on the noise level, and the detrimental influence of optical interference is over-looked. In this paper, the limitations of this approach are shown, interference measurements are reported, and models that describe interference are presented. Further, new rules for system design in the presence of interference are derived. It appears that the flicker of incandescent lamps is usually negligible compared to the influence of noise, while the flicker of fluorescent lamps is not

Keywords

filament lamps; flicker noise; fluorescent lamps; interference (signal); noise measurement; optical communication; optical variables measurement; pulse position modulation; telemetry; bit error rate; digital pulse position modulation; flicker; fluorescent lamps; incandescent lamps; interference measurements; models; noise; optical PPM telemetry; optical interference; system design; wireless optical telemetry; Bit error rate; Digital modulation; Interference; Noise level; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pulses; Power system modeling; Pulse modulation; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1997. IMTC/97. Proceedings. Sensing, Processing, Networking., IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1091-5281

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3747-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMTC.1997.612388

Filename

612388