List of Figures

1. The symbol error rate of 64-PPM on a Poisson channel, with $n_b = 1$, as computed using (1), (3), and (6).

Accurate Computation of the Performance of $M$-ary Orthogonal Signaling on a Discrete Memoryless Channel

Jon Hamkins, Senior Member, IEEE

Abstract:

A formula for the error rate of maximum likelihood detection of $M$-ary orthogonal signaling on a discrete memoryless channel is manipulated into a form that avoids numerical imprecision when it is used to calculate low error rates.

Keywords: signal detection, optical signal detection, optical modulation, pulse position modulation