Parametric estimation of IM/DD optical channels using new closed-form approximations of the signal PDF

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 957-975

  Hueda, Mario R ^a   Crivelli, Diego E ^a   Carrer, Hugo S ^a   Agazzi, Oscar E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b ClariPhy Communications Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel estimation; Maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE); Non Gaussian noise; Optical fiber communications

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; DISPERSION COMPENSATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATION; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RECEIVERS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLOSED-FORM APPROXIMATIONS; INTENSITY-MODULATION/DIRECT-DETECTION OPTICAL CHANNELS; MAXIMUM-LIKELIHOOD SEQUENCE-ESTIMATION; NON-GAUSSIAN NOISE;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34247160972     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.890434     Document Type: Article

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