A coded modulation scheme for deep-space optical communications

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 372-374

  Tan, Ying ^a   Guo, Jian Zhong ^a   Ai, Yong ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Fei, Yu Jie ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Deep space communications; Low density parity check (LDPC) codes; Optical communication; Pulse position modulation (PPM); Terms Decoding

Indexed keywords

CODE LENGTH; CODE RATES; CODED MODULATION; DECODING TECHNIQUES; DEEP SPACE COMMUNICATIONS; HIGH RATE; IMPLEMENTATION STRUCTURE; INTERLEAVERS; LDPC CODES; LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK (LDPC) CODES; LOW-DENSITY PARITY-CHECK CODES; PULSE-POSITION MODULATION (PPM); SERIAL CONCATENATION; SIMULATION RESULT; SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

BIT ERROR RATE; CODING ERRORS; COMMUNICATION; CONCATENATED CODES; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; FREQUENCY SELECTIVE FADING; ITERATIVE DECODING; PULSE MODULATION; PULSE POSITION MODULATION; TURBO CODES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70350565988     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.916903     Document Type: Article

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