Title :
BER performance of an optical fast frequency-hopping CDMA system with multiple simultaneous users
Author :
Wei, D. ; Ayotte, S. ; Mathlouthi, W. ; LaRochelle, S. ; Rusch, L.
Author_Institution :
Laval Univ., Que., Canada
Abstract :
We report the bit error rate (BER) performance of an optical fast frequency-hopping CDMA system for up to 16 simultaneous users. Previous predictions of BER are shown to be overly pessimistic (beat noise limited) or optimistic (interference limited).
Keywords :
code division multiple access; error statistics; frequency hop communication; optical fibre communication; BER; beat noise limit; bit error rate; interference limit; optical fast frequency-hopping CDMA system; simultaneous users; Bit error rate; Clocks; Fading; Frequency; Multiaccess communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248400
