The Investigation of Suitability of Various Lines Coding Techniques for Fiber-Optic Communication

Abstract

Fiber-optic communication is a way of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of light through an optical fiber (usually made of glass or plastic), and has formed an integral part of the core network across many countries. Line coding deals with various techniques involved in representing digital signal transmission over an analog channel. This paper investigates the performances of recent line coding techniques when used across a fiber optic channel through the representation of the digital signal to be transported over the fiber channel and the effect of the drawbacks involved, such as the inability of the long distance communication owing to DC components when using this technique.