Gray coded PPM performance with imperfect slot synchronization in optical communication

Performance of PPM optical communication with imperfect slot synchronization is analyzed. Gray Coded PPM is provided to overcome the imperfect slot synchronization effects. The result shows that bit error probability of Gray code PPM is lower than that of binary code in the same timing offset.

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