Title :
Influence of channel correlation on the scintillation performance of receiver diversity systems for free-space optical communications
Author :
Zhixiao Chen ; Song Yu ; Long Jiang ; Guohua Wu ; Wanyi Gu
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Inf. Photonics & Opt. Commun., Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China
Abstract :
We derive a generalized model for channel correlation in aperture receiver diversity systems and discuss its effect on the scintillation of a dual-receiver system. An approximation for the correlation length under strong turbulence is obtained.
Keywords :
optical communication; optical receivers; scintillation; telecommunication channels; aperture receiver diversity system; channel correlation; dual-receiver system; free-space optical communication; generalized model; scintillation performance; Optical receivers; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
