Title :
The clipping penalty in fiber-based combined AM-VSB and compressed-digital-video transmission systems
Author :
Joyce, G.R. ; Olshansky, R. ; Gross, R.
Author_Institution :
GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA
Abstract :
A hybrid CATV optical link is operated with 58 AM subcarriers and 21 digital subcarriers. Differential quadrature-phase-shift-keyed (DQPSK) transmission suffers only a 2 dB penalty due to clipping distortion when operated at -6 dBm received optical power.<>
Keywords :
amplitude modulation; cable television; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; AM-VSB; DQPSK transmission; clipping distortion; clipping penalty; compressed-digital-video transmission systems; differential quadrature-phase-shift-keyed; digital subcarriers; fiber-based; hybrid CATV optical link; received optical power; subcarriers; Digital modulation; Optical control; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Video compression;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
