• DocumentCode
    616512
  • Title

    Subcarrier BPSK modulated FSO communications with pointing errors

  • Author

    Xuegui Song ; Fan Yang ; Julian Cheng

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    7-10 April 2013
  • Firstpage
    4261
  • Lastpage
    4265
  • Abstract
    A free-space optical communication system using subcarrier binary phase-shift keying modulation is analyzed for Gamma-Gamma turbulence channels with pointing errors. We study the bit-error rate performance of such system and obtain highly accurate bit-error rate approximations using a series expansion approach. Asymptotic error rate analysis is also presented. Our asymptotic analysis reveals some unique transmission characteristics of such system.
  • Keywords
    atmospheric turbulence; error statistics; optical links; optical modulation; phase shift keying; BER; Gamma-Gamma turbulence channels; asymptotic error rate analysis; bit-error rate approximations; free-space optical communication system; pointing errors; series expansion approach; subcarrier BPSK modulated FSO communications; subcarrier binary phase-shift keying modulation; transmission characteristics; Modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2013 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • ISSN
    1525-3511
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-5938-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    1525-3511
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCNC.2013.6555262
  • Filename
    6555262