Title :
Probability of Error and Capacity of PPM Photon Counting Channel
Author :
Charbit, Maurice ; Bendjaballah, C.
Author_Institution :
Ecole Supé d́Electricité, France
fDate :
6/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOM.1986.1096574
