Performance degradation of two-link binary c.p.s.k. system incorporating direct phase regenerator

The letter presents an analysis for the bit error probability (b.e.p.) of a two-link binary coherent phase-shift-keying (c.p.s.k.) system corrupted by additive Gaussian noise and consisting of a direct phase regenerator (d.p.r.) followed by a coherent receiver. Equivalent signal/noise ratio (s.n.r.) degradations due to imperfections in a practical d.p.r. are evaluated at the 10¿6 b.e.p. point.