Performance Analysis of Digital Lightwave Systems Using Efficient Computer Simulation Techniques

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 43, Issue 234, 1995, Pages 240-251

  Letaief, Khaled Ben ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

efficient simulation techniques; large deviations theory; Optical fiber communications

Indexed keywords

AVALANCHE DIODES; BIT ERROR RATE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; FIBER OPTICS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PERFORMANCE; SAMPLING;

AVALANCHE PHOTODIODE RECEIVERS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; DEGREE OF ACCURACY; DIGITAL LIGHTWAVE SYSTEMS; EFFICIENT COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC ARGUMENT; IMPORTANCE SAMPLING; LARGE DEVIATIONS THEORY; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS; VARIANCE REDUCTION METHOD;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0029255518     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.380042     Document Type: Article

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