Title :
Performance evaluation of optical fiber transmission systems
Author :
Nakhla, Michel S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron., Carleton Univ., Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
10/1/1990 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A method is presented for evaluating of error probability for optical-fiber communication systems in the present of intersymbol interference and additive noise. It is based on deriving a best approximation, in a minimax sense, for the cumulative distribution function of the additive noise. The method takes into account the avalanche photodetector´s non-Gaussian shot noise statistics. The additive noise is also not constrained to be Gaussian. Examples are presented for comparison to previously published techniques
Keywords :
error statistics; intersymbol interference; optical communication equipment; optical links; photodetectors; random noise; APD nonGaussian shot noise; additive noise; cumulative distribution function; error probability; intersymbol interference; optical-fiber communication systems; Additive noise; Distribution functions; Error probability; Intersymbol interference; Minimax techniques; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Photodetectors; Statistical distributions;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
