OFDM for Optical Communications

Index

A

• ACF See Autocorrelation function

  • access networks, 426–428, 427f, 428f

• ADC See Analog-to-digital converter

  • adaptive coding, 422–426, 423f, 425f

• Amplifier, optical

  • amplification factor, 74

  • bandwidth, 75, 76

  • generic diagram, 74f

  • output saturation power, 75

  • overview, 57

  • types, 75–76, 76f, 77f

• Analog-to-digital converter (ADC), impact on optical OFDM performance, 138–140, 139f, 140f, 141f

• Atmospheric turbulence channel, modeling in free-space optical communication systems

  • nonzero inner scale, 364–365

  • overview, 363–368

  • temporal correlation channel model, 365–368, 366f

  • zero inner scale, 364

• Autocorrelation function (ACF), channel transfer function, 155–156

• Average symbol error probability, forward error correction, 186–188

B

• BCH codes ...