Joint Synchronization and Decoding for Photon-Limited Optical Channels: Code Design and Complexity Reduction

Author

Tseng, Shu-Ming ; Bell, Mark R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei

Volume

55

Issue

7

fYear

2007

fDate

7/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1318

Lastpage

1324

Abstract

The problem of joint symbol synchronization and decoding of pulse position modulation (PPM) sequences in the deep-space photon-limited optical channel is considered. A new joint synchronizer and decoder for PPM on this channel is presented along with the design of codes having both good error control and synchronization properties for use with PPM signaling on this channel. The new approach presented in this paper provides a significant reduction in synchronizer/decoder complexity when compared to previous methods for joint synchronization and decoding.

Keywords

convolutional codes; decoding; optical communication; pulse position modulation; synchronisation; code design; complexity reduction; joint symbol synchronization; photon-limited optical channels; pulse position modulation sequences; synchronizer-decoder complexity; Convolutional codes; Decoding; Error correction; Frequency synchronization; Modulation coding; Optical design; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Photonics Society; Pulse modulation; Convolutional codes; decoding; deep-space communication; optical communication; synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCOMM.2007.900617

Filename

4273699