Performance of BPSK subcarrier intensity modulation free-space optical communications using a log-normal atmospheric turbulence model

  • X. Tang*
  • , S. Rajbhandari
  • , W. O. Popoola
  • , Z. Ghassemlooy
  • , E. Leitgeb
  • , S. S. Muhammad
  • , G. Kandus
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In this paper, we present simulation results for the bit error rate (BER) performance and the fading penalty of a BPSK - subcarrier intensity modulation (BPSK-SIM) free-space optical (FSO) communication link in a log-normal atmospheric turbulence model. The results obtained are based on the Monte-Carlo simulation. Multiple subcarrier modulation schemes offer increased system throughput and require no knowledge of the channel fading in deciding what symbol has been received. In an atmospheric channel with a fading strength σl2 of 0.1 obtaining a BER of 10-6 using a 2-subcarrier system will require a signal-to-noise (SNR) of 23.1 dB. The required SNR increases with the fading strength and at a BER of 10-9 the fading penalty due to the atmospheric turbulence is ∼ 41 dB for σl2 = 0.9. The comparative studies of the OOK and BPSK-SIM schemes showed that for similar electrical SNR, BPSK-SIM offered improved performance across all range of turbulence variance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronic, SOPO 2010 - Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics, SOPO 2010 - Chengdu, China
Duration: 19 Jun 201021 Jun 2010

Publication series

Name2010 Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronic, SOPO 2010 - Proceedings

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Photonics and Optoelectronics, SOPO 2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityChengdu
Period19/06/1021/06/10

Keywords

  • BPSK
  • Log-normal channel model
  • Subcarrier intensity modulation
  • Turbulence

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