A construction of a new family of optical orthogonal codes (OOCs) for use in code division multiple access (CDMA) fiber-optic networks is given. Previous families of OOCs are reviewed and basic requirements for successful implementation of the fiber-optic CDMA system given. The new code construction is based on Costas (1970) arrays and the codes are proved to be (ω(2p-3), ω, 1, 1), p a prime and ω*Q⩽p-1, where Q is the maximum number of users, OOCs. The probability of error (using the Gaussian approximation) in the multiuser system as a performance measure is calculated and compared with that of existing OOCs. The size of the code family is compared against the Johnson bound
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Communications, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:43
,
Issue:
234
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Date of Publication: Feb/Mar/Apr 1995