Rateless codes for terrestrial optical wireless communications

Jaime Anguita, Mark Neifeld, Bjoern Hildner, Bane Vasic

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Abstract

We present a numerical evaluation of two rateless error-correcting codes on experimentally recorded signal sequences from a wireless optical communication link. The codes can successfully adapt to the channel fading induced by atmospheric turbulence, only requiring a low-rate feedback channel. We demonstrate that a Raptor code is an efficient solution to improve the reliability of a wireless optical link even at conditions at which channel quality is very low.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2009
Pages94-98
Number of pages5
StatePublished - 2009
Event9th IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2009 - Banff, AB, Canada
Duration: Jul 6 2009Jul 8 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 9th IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2009

Other

Other9th IASTED International Conference on Wireless and Optical Communications, WOC 2009
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityBanff, AB
Period7/6/097/8/09

Keywords

  • Channel state information
  • Free-space optics
  • Optical wireless communication
  • Punctured codes
  • Raptor codes
  • Turbulence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Communication

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