DocumentCode
1236295
Title
Optical Communication System Performance with Tracking Error Induced Signal Fading
Author
Tycz, M. ; Fitzmaurice, M.W. ; Premo, D.A.
Author_Institution
Laser Data Systems Branch, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Volume
21
Issue
9
fYear
1973
fDate
9/1/1973 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1069
Lastpage
1072
Abstract
System performance is determined for an optical communication system using noncoherent detection in the presence of tracking error induced signal fading assuming 1) binary on-off modulation (OOK) with both fixed and adaptive threshold receivers, and 2) binary polarization modulation (BPM). BPM is shown to maintain its inherent 2-3 dB advantage over OOK when adaptive thresholding is used, and to have a substantially greater advantage when the OOK system is restricted to a fixed decision threshold.
Keywords
Optical detection; Apertures; Degradation; Fading; Maximum likelihood detection; Optical fiber communication; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Peak to average power ratio; Random variables; System performance;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0090-6778
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCOM.1973.1091779
Filename
1091779
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