Fixed length dual-amplitude pulse interval modulation for optical wireless communications

Aiping Huang, Yangyu Fan, Wei Li, Bo Bai

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Abstract

In order to solve the problem of symbol synchronization in pulse position modulation (PPM) and modulator waiting or bugger overflow resulting from the unfixed length in pulse interval modulation (DPIM) in optical wireless communications, a novel fixed length dual-amplitude pulse interval modulation(FDAPIM) is discussed. The symbol structure, transmission power, bandwidth requirement and error performance of FDAPIM in a non-dispersive channel are presented and compared with OOK, PPM, DPIM and FDPIM. Simulations show that the packet error rate of FDAPIM is higher than that of PPM and DPIM, which is similar to FDPIM and less than OOK obviously. Moreover, FDAPIM, which does not need symbol synchronization and has fixed symbol length, helps to simplify the receiver and solve the problem of modulator waiting and bugger overflow. It is superior in wireless optical communications system.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)602-606
Number of pages5
JournalZhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers
Volume36
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2009

Keywords

  • Bandwidth requirement
  • Fixed length dual-amplitude pulse interval modulation
  • Modulation scheme
  • Optical wireless communication
  • Packet error rate
  • Transmit power

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