Average bit error rate analysis for free-space optical communications over weak turbulence with pointing errors

Ming Sheng; Xiu-Xiu Xie

doi:10.1117/1.OE.51.10.105009

5 October 2012 Average bit error rate analysis for free-space optical communications over weak turbulence with pointing errors

Ming Sheng, Xiu-Xiu Xie

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 51, Issue 10, 105009 (October 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.10.105009

Abstract

We address the average bit error rate (BER) performance of free-space optical communications over weak turbulence channel with pointing errors. With atmospheric attenuation, turbulence, and pointing errors, we present a statistical model for the optical intensity fluctuation at the receiver. The average BER performance is analyzed in the channel environment and a closed-form expression is obtained. The simulation results indicate that the derived closed-form expression matches with the simulation results.

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Ming Sheng and Xiu-Xiu Xie "Average bit error rate analysis for free-space optical communications over weak turbulence with pointing errors," Optical Engineering 51(10), 105009 (5 October 2012). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.51.10.105009

Published: 5 October 2012

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