Error rate performance comparison of coherent and subcarrier intensity modulated optical wireless communications

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 554-564

  Niu, Mingbo ^a   Cheng, Julian ^a   Holzman, Jonathan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Coherent detection; Error rate; Optical communication; Phase shift keying; Subcarrier intensity modulation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; DIVERSITY RECEPTION; ERROR DETECTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHASE SHIFT; PHASE SHIFT KEYING;

COHERENT DETECTION; DIFFERENTIAL PHASE-SHIFT KEYING; ERROR RATE; ERROR RATE PERFORMANCE; MAXIMUM RATIO COMBINING; NONCOHERENT FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; SUBCARRIER INTENSITY MODULATION;

OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84879911228     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.5.000554     Document Type: Article

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