Open AccessBlock error rate performance of OOK free‐space optical links over gamma–gamma turbulence channels with generalised non‐zero boresight pointing errors
Author(s) -
Ninos Michalis P.,
Nistazakis Hector E.,
Sandalidis Harilaos G.,
Stassinakis Argyris N.,
Tombras George S.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
iet optoelectronics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.379
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1751-8776
pISSN - 1751-8768
DOI - 10.1049/iet-opt.2018.5055
Subject(s) - bit error rate , keying , fading , free space optical communication , monte carlo method , modulation (music) , physics , block (permutation group theory) , optical wireless , wireless , turbulence , electronic engineering , algorithm , optical communication , computer science , channel (broadcasting) , optics , mathematics , telecommunications , engineering , statistics , acoustics , geometry , thermodynamics
The authors consider a point‐to‐point optical wireless communication link with on–off keying (OOK) modulation scheme. The propagation is deteriorated by the joint effects of gamma–gamma atmospheric turbulence and misalignment induced fading described by a non‐zero boresight pointing error model. Mathematical expressions are derived for the average block error rate and their accuracy is verified through numerical simulations with Monte Carlo method.