Title :
Optical MIMO transmission using a heterodyne receiver in K-distributed turbulence channels
Author :
Niu, Mingbo ; Cheng, Julian ; Holzman, Jonathan F.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng., Univ. of British Columbia, Kelowna, BC, Canada
Abstract :
Closed-form error rate expressions of heterodyne free-space optical transmission are presented for K-distributed turbulent environments. Our simplified solutions are highly accurate for practical multiple-input multiple-output system performance estimation.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; atmospheric turbulence; error statistics; heterodyne detection; optical links; optical modulation; optical receivers; quadrature phase shift keying; series (mathematics); telecommunication channels; K-distributed turbulence channels; QPSK; closed-form error rate; free-space optical transmission; heterodyne receiver; multiple-input multiple-output system; optical MIMO transmission; quadrature phase-shift keying; Adaptive optics; Error analysis; MIMO; Optical mixing; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2012 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1526-6
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2012.6280800
