Joint synchronization and decoding for photon-limited optical channels: Code design and complexity reduction

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1318-1324

  Tseng, Shu Ming ^a   Bell, Mark R ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convolutional codes; Decoding; Deep space communication; Optical communication; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; DECODING; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; SYNCHRONIZATION;

DEEP-SPACE COMMUNICATION; JOINT SYNCHRONIZATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34547559839     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2007.900617     Document Type: Article

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