Multicanonical communication system modeling-application to PMD statistics

Author

Yevick, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

14

Issue

11

fYear

2002

Firstpage

1512

Lastpage

1514

Abstract

The authors extend multicanonical sampling to the determination of probability density functions in communications systems. The resulting easily programmed iterative procedure generates the probability of both frequent and rare events with equivalent accuracy. The applicability of the technique is verified through a calculation of the differential group delay probability distribution in a multisection polarization emulator.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; delays; iterative methods; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; probability; sampling methods; PMD statistics; communications systems; differential group delay probability distribution; equivalent accuracy; frequent events; iterative procedure; multicanonical communication system modeling; multicanonical sampling; multisection polarization emulator; probability density functions; rare events; Communication systems; Delay; Monte Carlo methods; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Probability distribution; Sampling methods; Statistics; Tail;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.803897

Filename

1041986