• DocumentCode
    796328
  • Title

    Variable weight MPPM technique for rate-adaptive optical wireless communications

  • Author

    Garrido-Balsells, J.M. ; García-Zambrana, A. ; Puerta-Notario, A.

  • Volume
    42
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2006
  • Abstract
    A novel rate-adaptive transmission scheme using block coding of variable Hamming weight is presented for use in indoor optical wireless communications systems. This coding scheme is based on multiple pulse-position modulation, where codewords with different Hamming weight are allowed. The improvement in performance is corroborated by bit error rate computation using Monte Carlo simulation
  • Keywords
    Hamming codes <rate-adaptive opt. wireless communs., variable wt. MPPM tech.>; Monte Carlo methods <rate-adaptive opt. wireless communs., variable wt. MPPM tech.>; error statistics <rate-adaptive opt. wireless communs., variable wt. MPPM tech.>; optical communication <rate-adaptive opt. wireless communs., variable wt. MPPM tech.>; pulse position modulation <rate-adaptive opt. wireless communs., variable wt. MPPM tech.>; MPPM technique; Monte Carlo simulation; bit error rate computation; block coding; codewords; coding scheme; multiple pulse position modulation; optical wireless communications; rate adaptive transmission scheme; variable Hamming weight;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20063710
  • Filename
    1577611