Effect of atmospheric turbulence on non-line-of-sight ultraviolet communications

Author

Zuo, Yong ; Xiao, Houfei ; Wu, Jian ; Hong, Xiaobin ; Lin, Jintong

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2012

fDate

9-12 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

1682

Lastpage

1686

Abstract

As the range of the non-line-of-sight (NLOS) ultraviolet (UV) communication increases, atmospheric turbulence will become one of the primary atmospheric processes that affect the propagation of optical waves besides atmospheric absorption and scattering. This paper analyzes scintillation attenuation (SA), indicating that it should not be ignored for long communication range and relatively strong turbulence. A turbulence model considering SA is proposed, and the marginal probability density function (PDF) of the received optical power is derived. Then, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and the bit-error-rate (BER) of NLOS UV communication systems are analyzed, showing that atmospheric turbulence induces greater performance deteriorations due to SA.

Keywords

atmospheric turbulence; error statistics; light absorption; optical communication; probability; BER; NLOS 13V communication; PDF; SA; SNR; atmospheric absorption; atmospheric scattering; atmospheric turbulence effect; bit-error-rate; marginal probability density function; nonline-of-sight ultraviolet communication; optical power receiving; optical waves propagation; primary atmospheric processes; scintillation attenuation; signal-to-noise ratio; Atmospheric modeling; Bit error rate; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Signal to noise ratio; Ultraviolet communication; non-line-of-sight; scintillation attenuation; single-scattering; turbulence;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), 2012 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

ISSN

2166-9570

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2566-0

Electronic_ISBN

2166-9570

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2012.6362620

Filename

6362620