Comparison of different models for prediction of attenuation from visibility data

Author

Nadeem, F. ; Leitgeb, E. ; Awan, M.S. ; Kandus, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Broadband Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

269

Lastpage

273

Abstract

The benefits of free space optics (FSO) motivates to use it for future high data rate demanding communication applications. However, widespread growth of the technology has been hampered by reduced availability due to weather influences on the link. The fog has been analysed as the most detrimental for FSO communication. There are some models that predict fog attenuation in terms of visibility. These models are compared with measured attenuation data. The comparison has been in terms of Mean Square Error (MSE).

Keywords

atmospheric light propagation; fog; mean square error methods; optical fibre communication; optical links; FSO communication; MSE method; fog attenuation prediction model; free space optical communication; mean square error method; optical link; propagation channel; visibility data; weather influence; Attenuation measurement; Biomedical optical imaging; Mean square error methods; Mie scattering; Optical attenuators; Particle measurements; Pollution measurement; Predictive models; Space technology; Video on demand; Attenuation; FSO; Fog; Model comparison; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Satellite and Space Communications, 2009. IWSSC 2009. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tuscany

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4384-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3559-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSSC.2009.5286374

Filename

5286374