Title :
Proposal of a hybrid OFDM-PPM technique for free space optical communications systems
Author :
Khallaf, Haitham S. ; Shalaby, Hossam M. H. ; Kawasaki, Zen
Author_Institution :
Egypt-Japan Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (E-JUST), Alexandria, Egypt
Abstract :
A hybrid orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing pulse-position modulation (OFDM-PPM) technique is proposed. A closed form expression for the BER of free space optical systems adopting the proposed technique under gamma-gamma channel model is derived.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; error statistics; optical links; pulse position modulation; BER; free space optical communications; gamma-gamma channel model; hybrid OFDM-PPM technique; hybrid orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing pulse-position modulation; Atmospheric modeling; Bit error rate; OFDM; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (IPC), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Bellevue, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1506-8
DOI :
10.1109/IPCon.2013.6656549
