Average capacity optimization in free-space optical communication system over atmospheric turbulence channels with pointing errors
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Published on: March 20, 2017
Chao Liu1, Yong Yao, Yun Xu Sun
1Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Shenzhen Graduate School, Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
Abstract:
A model is proposed to study the average capacity optimization in free-space optical (FSO) channels, accounting for effects of atmospheric turbulence and pointing errors. For a given transmitter laser power, it is shown that both transmitter beam divergence angle and beam waist can be tuned to maximize the average capacity. Meanwhile, their optimum values strongly depend on the jitter and operation wavelength. These results can be helpful for designing FSO communication systems.
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