Analysis on improving channel capacity of MPPM

Abstract

Nowadays, optical wireless communication has been widely applied and various techniques are used to achieve signals with higher quality and higher efficiency. Pulse position modulation (PPM) is a commonly used modulation scheme. However, PPM suffers from its low bandwidth efficiency and Multiple pulse position modulation (MPPM) is generated to improve the performance of signals. Further research can be carried out to figure out ways to further improve channel capacity of communication systems by combining modulation techniques together. In this paper, three different schemes are introduced, including LDPC-coded MPPM UWOC system, MIMO-MPPM WOC system, and PSM-MPPM system. Fundamental principles of these three techniques are mentioned before going through the methods used to carrying out experiments. Both simulations derived from numerical analysis and experiment results are obtained to support the results. In LDPC-coded and MIMO research, turbulence effects are considered by adopting different statistical distributions. The aim of the paper is to compare properties of three recent research and discuss how they can be applied in different scenarios to improve the communication systems.