Studies on the Coding Technique and its Application to OTDR

Abstract

In the following thesis, we will be discussing the different aspects and parameters involving Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) as well as different aspects of unipolar coding techniques. The purpose of this thesis is to fully understand the methods by which unipolar codes like the Golay and Simplex codes are created from Hadamard matrices and to understand its application in Optical Time Domain Reflectometry. Furthermore, this thesis also delves into the region of performance enhancement of Optical Time Domain Reflectometer by means of implementation of these coding techniques.