Introduction

also sometimes known as pulsephase modulation

the amplitude and width of the
pulse is kept constant in the system
the position of each pulse, in
relation to the position of a
recurrent reference pulse, is varied
by each instantaneous sampled
value of the modulating wave

Cont..

often used in optical communication,

such as fiber optics, in which there is
little multipath way interference
used exclusively for transferring
digital signals and cannot be used
with analog systems
used for transferring simple data and
is not effective at transferring files

has the advantage over pulse

amplitude modulation (PAM) in
that it has a higher noise
immunity
requiring constant transmitter
power since the pulses are of
constant amplitude and duration
signal and noise separation is
very easy

depending on transmitterreceiver synchronization

highly sensitive to multipath way
interference

Pulse position modulation can be used for a

number of purposes, especially in RF
(Radio Frequency) communications.
-For example:
pulse position modulation is used in
remote-controlled aircraft, cars, boats, and
other vehicles and is responsible for
conveying the controls of a transmitter to a
receiver. The position of each pulse may
describe the physical direction of an
analogue controller while the number of
pulses may describe the number of
possible commands that the device may
receive.