Average capacity of wireless optical communication systems over gamma gamma atmospheric turbulence channels

Author

Nistazakis, H.E. ; Tombras, G.S. ; Tsigopoulos, A.D. ; Karagianni, E.A. ; Fafalios, M.E.

Author_Institution

Department of Electronics, Computers, Telecommunications and Control, Faculty of Physics, University of Athens, 15784, Greece

fYear

2008

fDate

15-20 June 2008

Firstpage

1561

Lastpage

1564

Abstract

Optical wireless communication (OWC) systems are rapidly gaining popularity as effective means of transferring data at high rates over short distances. OWC facilitates rapidly deployable, lightweight, high-capacity communication without licensing fees and tariffs. Nevertheless, the performance of this new technology depends strongly on the atmospheric conditions and the characteristics of the link. In this work, the influence of the above parameters at the average (ergodic) capacity of an OWC system is studied.

Keywords

atmospheric turbulence; channel capacity; optical communication; radiocommunication; average capacity; ergodic capacity; gamma gamma atmospheric turbulence channels; wireless optical communication systems; AWGN; Atmospheric modeling; Channel capacity; Fading; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Random variables; Wireless communication; Channel capacity; Gamma Gamma distribution; Optical Wireless Communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2008 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1780-3

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2008.4633080

Filename

4633080