Title :
Modified chernoff bound for binary optical communication
Author :
da Rocha, Jose ; O´Reilly, J.J.
Author_Institution :
University of Essex, Department of Electrical Engineering Science, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
A modified Chernoff bound on error probability for binary optical communication is derived, following Prabhu, by using principles of analytic continuation and contour integration. The bound is shown to be markedly tighter than the standard Chernoff bound for many cases of practical importance.
Keywords :
digital communication systems; error statistics; optical communication; analytic continuation; binary optical communication; contour integration; digital communication systems; error probability; modified Chernoff bound;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19820482
