Title : 
Performance of pulse modulation schemes for infrared wireless communications
         
        
            Author : 
Chadha, D. ; Rathore, P.K.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Delhi, India
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In the present paper we examine the different digital pulse modulation schemes: pulse position modulation (PPM), differential pulse-position modulation (DPPM) and the digital pulse interval modulation (DPIM) used for Infrared wireless communication systems using intensity modulation and direct detection. These schemes have been compared in terms of transmission capacity, optical power and their performance in terms of error probability. We have also studied the effect of multipath intersymbol interference (ISI) on the system
         
        
            Keywords : 
intensity modulation; intersymbol interference; optical communication; optical modulation; pulse modulation; pulse position modulation; differential pulse position modulation; digital pulse interval modulation; digital pulse modulation; direct detection; error probability; infrared wireless communication; intensity modulation; multipath intersymbol interference; optical power; pulse position modulation; transmission capacity; Capacity planning; Digital modulation; Infrared detectors; Intensity modulation; Intersymbol interference; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Pulse modulation; Wireless communication;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Microwave Conference, 2000 Asia-Pacific
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Sydney, NSW
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-6435-X
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/APMC.2000.925984