• DocumentCode
    944898
  • Title

    A new signalling format for optical communications

  • Author

    Bosotti, Luciano ; Pirani, Giancarlo

  • Author_Institution
    CSELT¿Centro Studi e Laboratori Telecomunicazioni, Torino, Italy
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1978
  • Firstpage
    71
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    A combined pulse-amplitude/pulse-position modulation tachnique is proposed for digital optical communication systems. Evaluations of its behaviour in terms of coding efficiency, spectral density, timing information content, and error probability are summarised. Alternative receiving schemes are devised to improve system performance.
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; optical communication; pulse modulation; coding efficiency; digital optical communication systems; error probability; optical communications; signalling format; spectral density; timing information content;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19780049
  • Filename
    4240827