Comparison of bit error rate estimation methods for QPSK CO-OFDM transmission

Abstract

In this letter, we experimentally study the statistical properties of a received QPSK modulated signal and compare various bit error rate (BER) estimation methods for coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing transmission. We show that the statistical BER estimation method based on the probability density function of the received QPSK symbols offers the most accurate estimate of the system performance.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2014.2352460
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Photonics Technology (AIPT)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Adaptive communications networks research group
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Uncontrolled Keywords: bit error rate,coherent detection,coherent optical transmission,orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,Electrical and Electronic Engineering,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Publication ISSN: 1941-0174
Last Modified: 04 Jan 2024 17:45
Date Deposited: 19 Nov 2014 15:15
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2014-11-15
Published Online Date: 2014-09-04
Authors: Le, Thai Son (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-3824-9456)
McCarthy, Mary E. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-1348-1574)
Suibhne, Naoise Mac
Giacoumidis, Elias
Doran, Nick J. (ORCID Profile 0000-0001-8309-8805)
Ellis, Andrew D. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-0417-0547)
Blow, Keith J. (ORCID Profile 0000-0002-7859-3438)

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