TY - JOUR
T1 - COHERENT-DETECTION OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
T2 - A PROOF OF THE GAUSSIAN BIT ERROR RATE.
AU - Verdu, Sergio
PY - 1985
Y1 - 1985
N2 - It is shown that the asymptotic probability of error of a binary equiprobable hypothesis test for observed Poisson point-processes with rate lambda //i(t) equals b//i (t) plus (p//i (t) plus z)**2, i equals 0, 1, z yields infinity is equal to the error probability of optimum deterministic-signal detection in additive white Gaussian noise when the signals coincide with the square root of the point-process rates. This result proves the folk theorem that coherent-detection optical communication systems have Gaussian bit error rates.
AB - It is shown that the asymptotic probability of error of a binary equiprobable hypothesis test for observed Poisson point-processes with rate lambda //i(t) equals b//i (t) plus (p//i (t) plus z)**2, i equals 0, 1, z yields infinity is equal to the error probability of optimum deterministic-signal detection in additive white Gaussian noise when the signals coincide with the square root of the point-process rates. This result proves the folk theorem that coherent-detection optical communication systems have Gaussian bit error rates.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0022176142
SN - 0732-6181
SP - 382
EP - 387
JO - Proceedings - Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
JF - Proceedings - Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing
ER -