Simulation of a digital lightwave communication link using a semi-analytical scheme

Author

Cote, Stéphane ; Fortier, Paul

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Laval Univ., Que., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

25-28 Sep 1994

Firstpage

300

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to efficiently evaluate the BER performance of a single mode, intensity modulated/direct detected lightwave communication link with fiber dispersion compensation. Expensive equipment and considerable resources can be involved in experimental testing of optical communication systems. However, performance evaluation of digital lightwave links by simulation is flexible and cost effective. A semi-analytical approach is implemented as an attempt to avoid the inaccuracies of a purely analytical study, while using computer simulations to derive estimates of statistical distributions that are not analytically tractable. Signal degradation effects of laser sources, optical fiber and photosensitive devices are simulated

Keywords

digital communication; optical fibre communication; optical links; BER performance; analytical study; digital lightwave communication link; fiber dispersion compensation; laser sources; optical communication systems; optical fiber; performance evaluation; photosensitive devices; semi-analytical scheme; signal degradation effects; simulation; single mode; statistical distributions; Communication system performance; Digital communication; Optical fiber communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1994. Conference Proceedings. 1994 Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2416-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.1994.405748

Filename

405748