Performance bounds for correlated turbulent free-space optical channels

Author

Navidpour, S.M. ; Uysal, Mustafa

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Volume

4

fYear

2006

fDate

3-6 April 2006

Firstpage

1944

Lastpage

1948

Abstract

Error control coding can be used over free-space optical (FSO) links to mitigate turbulence-induced fading. In this paper, we derive error performance bounds for coded FSO communication systems operating over temporally correlated lognormal turbulence fading channels. Our analytical derivations build upon an approximation to the sum of correlated lognormal random variables. The derived bounds are tighter than the previously published results and are valid for a wider range of turbulence conditions. Simulation results are further demonstrated to confirm the analytical results

Keywords

error correction codes; fading channels; optical communication; optical links; turbulence; correlated lognormal random variables; correlated turbulent free-space optical channels; error control coding; free-space optical links; lognormal turbulence fading channels; Atmospheric modeling; Bit error rate; Error correction; Fading; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Pairwise error probability; Random variables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2006. WCNC 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0269-7

Electronic_ISBN

1525-3511

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2006.1696593

Filename

1696593