Spatial pulse position modulation for optical communications

Wasiu O. Popoola, Enrique Poves, Harald Haas

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    Abstract

    This paper proposes a low complexity spatial modulation (SM) scheme that combines spatial shift keying (SSK) with pulse position modulation (PPM) for optical wireless communication systems. SM is a multi-transmitter technique for achieving increased data rate over the traditional on-off keying (OOK) and PPM signalling methods. Analysis of the error performance of the system in the presence of noise is presented and validated via simulations.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2948-2954
    Number of pages7
    JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
    Volume30
    Issue number18
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2012

    Keywords

    • spatial modulation
    • optical wireless communication

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