Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links

Nikolaos A. Androutsos; Hector E. Nistazakis; George K. Varotsos; Evgenia Roditi; Erich Leitgeb

doi:10.23919/ConTEL52528.2021.9495991

Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links

Nikolaos A. Androutsos, Hector E. Nistazakis, George K. Varotsos, Evgenia Roditi, Erich Leitgeb

Institute of Microwave and Photonic Engineering (4510)

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Abstract

The last few years Free Space Optical (FSO)
communication has attracted significant research and
commercial interest because of the many advantages in
comparison with other wireless methods used for point-topoint
connections. The operation of these systems strongly
depends on the atmospheric and others effects in the area
between the transmitter and the receiver. Among them,
atmospheric turbulence and misalignment are two of the most
significant performance mitigation factors. There have been
proposed several methods and techniques in the literature in
order to set against the induced fading of these phenomena. It
is widely accepted that one of the most effective one is the
employment of receivers’ diversity. Motivated by this and by
taking into account that the ultra-fast modern optical
communication systems are using blocks of bits for the
transmission and codes for the detection and/or correction of
the erroneous bits, in this work, we investigate the combined
impact of pointing errors and strong turbulence in the total
average block error rate (ABLER) of FSO systems with
receivers’ diversity. Novel analytical expressions are derived
using accurate approximations while the corresponding
numerical results for realistic Single-Input Multiple-Output
(SIMO) FSO links are presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021
Editors	Martina Antonic, Jurica Babic
Publisher	IEEE Xplore
Pages	43-48
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	978-9-5318-4271-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.23919/ConTEL52528.2021.9495991
Publication status	Published - 30 Jun 2021
Event	16th International Conference on Telecommunications: ConTEL 2021 - Zagreb, Croatia Duration: 30 Jun 2021 → 2 Jul 2021

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021

Conference

Conference	16th International Conference on Telecommunications
Abbreviated title	ConTEL 2021
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Period	30/06/21 → 2/07/21

Keywords

atmospheric turbulence
channel emulator
Free Space Optics (FSO)
near-Earth communication
photodetectors
scintillation
testbed
Atmospheric Turbulence
SIMO Links
Diversity
BLER
Pointing Errors
Optical Wireless Communication Systems

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Media Technology

Fields of Expertise

Information, Communication & Computing
Advanced Materials Science

Access to Document

10.23919/ConTEL52528.2021.9495991

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Androutsos, N. A., Nistazakis, H. E., Varotsos, G. K., Roditi, E., & Leitgeb, E. (2021). Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links. In M. Antonic, & J. Babic (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021 (pp. 43-48). Article 9495991 (Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021). IEEE Xplore. https://doi.org/10.23919/ConTEL52528.2021.9495991

Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links. / Androutsos, Nikolaos A.; Nistazakis, Hector E.; Varotsos, George K. et al.
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021. ed. / Martina Antonic; Jurica Babic. IEEE Xplore, 2021. p. 43-48 9495991 (Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference paper › peer-review

Androutsos, NA, Nistazakis, HE, Varotsos, GK, Roditi, E & Leitgeb, E 2021, Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links. in M Antonic & J Babic (eds), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021., 9495991, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021, IEEE Xplore, pp. 43-48, 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, Zagreb, Croatia, 30/06/21. https://doi.org/10.23919/ConTEL52528.2021.9495991

Androutsos NA, Nistazakis HE, Varotsos GK, Roditi E, Leitgeb E. Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links. In Antonic M, Babic J, editors, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021. IEEE Xplore. 2021. p. 43-48. 9495991. (Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021). doi: 10.23919/ConTEL52528.2021.9495991

Androutsos, Nikolaos A. ; Nistazakis, Hector E. ; Varotsos, George K. et al. / Influence of Pointing Errors at the Block Error Rate Performance of Strong Turbulent SIMO FSO Links. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021. editor / Martina Antonic ; Jurica Babic. IEEE Xplore, 2021. pp. 43-48 (Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Telecommunications, ConTEL 2021).

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