The operation of a nonlinear binary detector with hysteresis is investigated. Prior models developed for continuous time inputs are extended for the computationally more efficient discrete-time inputs. The input to the rectangular hysteresis detector is modeled to be a binary signal in the presence of additive independent identically distributed noise. The rectangular hysteresis loop models one of a number of rate independent repeaters in an optical communication link. The link is terminated by a binary discriminator that is tuned to a particular bit duration. The study shows that key calculations to compute the bit error probability can be performed by employing the formalism of discrete Markov chains. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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