Effects of Impulse Noise on Digital Data Transmission

This paper presents the basic characteristics of impulse noise and its effects on various types of binary data transmission systems. The sources and properties of such impulsive noise, in contrast to Gaussian noise, are discussed. A method is described for the experimental comparative evaluation of bit error rates in the presence of additive impulse noise. The method is shown to permit unique comparison among the three modulation schemes tested, namely, on/off carrier, frequency shift, and phase reversal keying.