Modeling solitary waves on nonlinear transmission lines

Practical transmission lines have losses, and physical nonuniformities that can result in a destructive distortion of the rise and fall times of digital signals. The main problem is dispersion, in which the higher frequency wave components travel faster than the lower frequency components, resulting in a severe distortion that cannot be corrected with simple amplification, In contrast to this complex situation, solitary waves tend to assume a given shape and automatically maintain their shape until they approach the end of their life. This paper shows that an accurate model is possible for nonideal lines that support solitary waves, allowing their behavior to be predicted to an arbitrary precision.<
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