Simulation-assisted design of free space optical transmission systems

Author

Shaulov, Gary ; Patel, Jigesh ; Whitlock, Brent ; Mena, Pablo ; Scarmozzino, Robert

Author_Institution

RSoft Design Group, Ossining, NY

fYear

2005

fDate

17-20 Oct. 2005

Firstpage

918

Abstract

Free space optics (FSO) is widely regarded as the next-generation high-speed wireless communication technology, and due to the security and high data rates is being considered for military systems. The availability of simulation tools for FSO systems may help in engineering trade-off and optimization studies, in shortening the design-to-deployment cycle, and hence in reducing the cost. We present the first computer-aided design tool for system-level simulation of complete FSO communication systems. The free-space channel model assumes the weak-turbulence approximation and is based on log-normal statistics for signal fading. The results of simulations for typical FSO links are shown and discussed

Keywords

CAD; cost reduction; log normal distribution; military communication; military computing; optical communication; telecommunication channels; telecommunication computing; computer-aided design tool; cost reduction; design-to-deployment cycle; free space optical transmission systems; free space optics; free-space channel model; log-normal statistics; military systems; next-generation high-speed wireless communication technology; signal fading; weak-turbulence approximation; Communication system security; Communications technology; Computational modeling; Data security; High speed optical techniques; Military communication; Military computing; Optical design; Space technology; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Military Communications Conference, 2005. MILCOM 2005. IEEE

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9393-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2005.1605797

Filename

1605797