
133Overview of Modeling Techniques for Optical Transmission Systems
4.8 MATLAB
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Simulink
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Modeling Platform
4.8.1 General Model
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advanced digital optical transmission systems. The modeling platform developed in this
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ain
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odel-
ing
platform has several advantages as follows:
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The simulator provides toolboxes and block-sets