Title :
Design of Coding and Modulation for Power-Efficient Use of a Band-Limited Optical Channel
Author :
Snyder, Donald L. ; Georghiades, Costas N.
Author_Institution :
Washington Univ., St. Louis, MO, USA
fDate :
4/1/1983 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We show that

-ary pulse-position modulation with raised cosine pulses minimizes the average power (photons/s) required to communicate at a specified throughput rate (nats/s) over a band-limited, noisy optical channel. The best choice of

is identified, as are other encoder parameters.
Keywords :
Band-limited communication; Block coding; Convolutional coding; Optical communications; Pulse-position modulation; Bandwidth; Demodulation; Modulation coding; Network address translation; Optical design; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Pulse modulation; Throughput;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1983.1095852