A comparison of adaptive methods for optimal thresholding for free-space optical communication receivers with multiplicative noise

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4821, Issue , 2002, Pages 139-154

  Burris, H R ^a   Namazi, N M ^b   Reed, A E ^c   Scharpf, W J ^c   Moore, C I ^c   Vilcheck, M J ^c   Davis, M A ^d   Stell, M F ^a   Suite, M R ^c   Rabinovich, W S ^c   Mahon, R ^e  

^a RESEARCH SUPPORT INSTRUMENTS   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d HONEYWELL   (United States)

^e TITAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive thresholding; Bet error rate; Free space lasercomm; Laser communications; Multiplicative noise

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BIT ERROR RATE; KALMAN FILTERING; LASER APPLICATIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

ADAPTIVE THRESHOLDING METHODS; FREE SPACE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; LIKELIHOOD RATIO TEST; MULTIPLICATIVE NOISE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION RECEIVERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT;

EID: 0036993242     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.451059     Document Type: Conference Paper

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