DocumentCode
778766
Title
Probability of Error and Capacity of PPM Photon Counting Channel
Author
Charbit, Maurice ; Bendjaballah, C.
Author_Institution
Ecole Supé d́Electricité, France
Volume
34
Issue
6
fYear
1986
fDate
6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
600
Lastpage
605
Abstract
Calculation of the capacity for a Poisson channel with a source noise as modeled by Pierce is done by bounding the error Probability. Based on Chernoff´s bound properties, a more general method yielding a formula for the channel capacity is outlined.
Keywords
Optical communications; Pulse-position modulation; Capacity planning; Channel capacity; Data communication; Error probability; Laser modes; Laser noise; Network address translation; Optical fiber communication; Photodetectors; Pulse modulation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0090-6778
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TCOM.1986.1096574
Filename
1096574
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