Error rate performance of coded free-space optical links over gamma-gamma turbulence

Author

Uysal, Murat ; Li, Jing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Waterloo Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

6

fYear

2004

fDate

20-24 June 2004

Firstpage

3331

Abstract

Error control coding can be used over free-space optical (FSO) links to mitigate turbulence-induced fading. In this paper, error performance bounds for coded FSO communication systems operating over atmospheric turbulence channels is derived, considering the recently introduced gamma-gamma turbulence model. Also a pairwise error probability (PEP) expression is derived and then applies the transfer function technique in conjunction with the derived PEP to obtain upper bounds on the bit error rate. Simulation results are further demonstrated to confirm the analytical results.

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; atmospheric turbulence; channel coding; error correction codes; error statistics; fading channels; gamma distribution; optical links; FSO; PEP; atmospheric turbulence channel; bit error rate; error control coding; free-space optical link; gamma-gamma turbulence; pairwise error probability; transfer function technique; Analytical models; Atmospheric modeling; Bit error rate; Error analysis; Error correction; Fading; Optical fiber communication; Pairwise error probability; Transfer functions; Upper bound;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 2004 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8533-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2004.1313162

Filename

1313162