• 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