Ber performance analysis of M-ary PPM over exponentiated Weibull distribution for airborne laser communications

Zhao, Jing, Zhao, Shang-hong, Zhao, Wei-hu, Cai, Jiyu, Liu, Yun, Li, Xuan

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Jing Zhao, Shang-hong Zhao, Wei-hu Zhao, Jiyu Cai, Yun Liu, Xuan Li Ber performance analysis of M-ary PPM over exponentiated Weibull distribution for airborne laser communications (Анализ частоты появления ошибочных битов на основе потенцированного распределения Вейбулла для М-арной фазово-импульсной модуляции применительно к лазерным воздушным коммуникационным системам) [на англ. яз.] // Оптический журнал. 2017. Т. 84. № 10. С. 12–18.

Jing Zhao, Shang-hong Zhao, Wei-hu Zhao, Jiyu Cai, Yun Liu, Xuan Li Ber performance analysis of M-ary PPM over exponentiated Weibull distribution for airborne laser communications (Анализ частоты появления ошибочных битов на основе потенцированного распределения Вейбулла для М-арной фазово-импульсной модуляции применительно к лазерным воздушным коммуникационным системам) [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2017. V. 84. № 10. P. 12–18.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

Jing Zhao, Shang-hong Zhao, Wei-hu Zhao, Jiyu Cai, Yun Liu, and Xuan Li, "BER performance analysis of M-ary PPM over exponentiated Weibull distribution for airborne laser communications," Journal of Optical Technology. 84(10), 658-663 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.84.000658

Abstract:

Airborne optical communication systems have been widely used for high-speed data transmission. In this paper, the average bit error rate (BER) of M-ary pulse position modulation (PPM) of airborne optical communication systems is analyzed under the combined influence of atmospheric turbulence and aerooptic effects. The atmospheric turbulence is modeled by the Exponentiated Weibull (EW) distribution that can accurately describe the probability density function distribution of the irradiance under weak to strong condition in the presence of aperture averaging. Next, we use our derived form to study the effect of atmospheric conditions, operating wavelength and modulation level on the system performance. Moreover, the BER performance is analyzed for different aperture sizes of the receiver as well. Results suggest that the aperture averaging technique can significantly improve the system performance in turbulence and aero-optics effects. Furthermore, this work is helpful for the compensate technique of system performance on airborne optical communication system.

Keywords:

airborne optical communication; atmospheric turbulence; aero-optic effect; intensity scintillation

OCIS codes: 200.2605, 200.3050, 200.3760

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