On the performance of free-space optical wireless communication systems over double generalized gamma fading channels

Author

AlQuwaiee, Hessa ; Ansari, Imran Shafique ; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

Author_Institution

Comput., Electr., & Math. Sci. & Eng. (CEMSE) Div., King Abdullah Univ. of Sci. & Technol. (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2014

fDate

19-22 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Starting with the double generalized Gamma (GG) model that was proposed in [1] to describe turbulence-induced fading in free-space optical (FSO) systems, we propose a new unified model which accounts for the impact of pointing errors and type of receiver detector. Based on this new unified model, we study the performance of FSO links operating over these kind of channels. All our analytical results are verified using computer based Monte-Carlo simulations.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; fading channels; optical links; FSO links; computer based Monte-Carlo simulations; double generalized Gamma fading channels; free-space optical wireless communication systems; receiver detector; turbulence-induced fading; Adaptive optics; Atmospheric modeling; Bit error rate; Fading; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Free-space optical (FSO); IM/DD; double generalized Gamma; heterodyne detection; pointing error;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Networking (ComNet), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hammamet

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3762-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ComNet.2014.6840927

Filename

6840927