Effect of controllable parameter synchronization on the ensemble average bit error rate of space-to-ground downlink chaos laser communication system

Chaotic modulation is a scheme used to enhance the information security through the configuration parameter synchronization. When chaotic modulation is adopted in the space-to-ground laser communication system, the traditional bit error rate (BER) calculation model for fiber-based chaos communication system is no longer available to depict the long-term communication performance. To solve this problem, we established a new ensemble average BER calculation model under the effects of intensity scintillation and pointing error. Based on this model, we conduct a simulation to research such a system, and our numerical results indicate that space-to-ground chaos laser communication system has a great anti-interference against these two effects when the detector mismatch approaches zero. Our results display the advantages of chaotic modulation and also reflect the characteristics of space-to-ground chaos laser communication system.