Title :
Average BER Analysis of Differential Modulation in DF Cooperative Communication System over Gamma-Gamma Fading FSO Links
Author :
Bhatnagar, Manav R.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, Hauz Khas, IN-110016 New Delhi, India
fDate :
8/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this letter, we study differential modulation for decode-and-forward (DF) based free space optical (FSO) cooperative communication system over Gamma-Gamma fading channels. We derive exact bit error rate (BER) of the differential DF FSO system in terms of power series. The diversity order and coding gain of the differentially modulated DF FSO system are analytically obtained. It is demonstrated by analysis and simulation that the differential DF FSO system is able to achieve significant performance gain over a non-cooperative direct transmission based differential FSO system.
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Encoding; Modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Relays; Signal to noise ratio; Decode-and-forward protocol; Gamma-Gamma fading; differential modulation; free space optical links;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2012.052112.120670
