%0 Journal Article %1 Forestieri1989 %A Forestieri, E. %A Gangopadhyay, R. %A Prati, G. %B Communications, IEEE Transactions on %D 1989 %K PPM avalanche bit channel codes coding convolutional counting direct-detection encoding error fibres gain information links modulation modulation<p>strep09 optical photodetection photon position probability processing pulse %P 1303-1317-- %T Performance of convolutional codes in a direct-detection optical PPM channel %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=44202&isnumber=1681 %V 37 %X Several strategies for combining convolutional codes (CCs) and pulse position modulation (PPM) in a direct-detection optical channel are considered, including binary and 2ⁿ-ary PPM with rate-1/ <e1>n</e1> CCs, 2^m-ary PPM with a dual-<e1>m</e1> CC, and interleaved 2^L-ary PPM with a rate-1/n CC. In the latter case, J.L. Massey's (1981) concept of coding of <e1>L</e1> separate component channels constituting a 2^L-ary PPM erasure channel is carried out for both the ideal photon counting and the avalanche photodetection (APD) cases, providing a comparative evaluation of the various strategies in terms of bit error probability and achievable coding gain for different code structures and decoding schemes

@article{Forestieri1989, abstract = {Several strategies for combining convolutional codes (CCs) and pulse position modulation (PPM) in a direct-detection optical channel are considered, including binary and 2ⁿ-ary PPM with rate-1/ <e1>n</e1> CCs, 2^m-ary PPM with a dual-<e1>m</e1> CC, and interleaved 2^L-ary PPM with a rate-1/n CC. In the latter case, J.L. Massey's (1981) concept of coding of <e1>L</e1> separate component channels constituting a 2^L-ary PPM erasure channel is carried out for both the ideal photon counting and the avalanche photodetection (APD) cases, providing a comparative evaluation of the various strategies in terms of bit error probability and achievable coding gain for different code structures and decoding schemes}, added-at = {2009-11-19T14:40:48.000+0100}, author = {Forestieri, E. and Gangopadhyay, R. and Prati, G.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2990d10851af5928d996f38a95d27aede/photonics}, booktitle = {Communications, IEEE Transactions on}, file = {Forestieri1989.pdf:Forestieri1989.pdf:PDF}, interhash = {2930665508a17e4da80a1280488bfa49}, intrahash = {990d10851af5928d996f38a95d27aede}, keywords = {PPM avalanche bit channel codes coding convolutional counting direct-detection encoding error fibres gain information links modulation modulation<p>strep09 optical photodetection photon position probability processing pulse}, owner = {gianluca}, pages = {1303-1317--}, refid = {468}, timestamp = {2009-11-19T14:40:55.000+0100}, title = {Performance of convolutional codes in a direct-detection optical PPM channel}, url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=44202&isnumber=1681}, volume = 37, year = 1989 }