Time and Spatial Jitter Influence on the Performance of FSO Links with DF Relays and OC Diversity Over Turbulence Channels
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. System Model
2.1. Turbulence Effect
2.2. Spatial Jitter Effect
2.3. Joint Effect of Turbulence and Spatial Jitter
2.4. Time Jitter Effect
3. BER Performance Estimation
3.1. Instantaneous BER Performances for Various Modulation Schemes
3.2. Average BER Performances Due to Turbulence and SJ Influence
3.3. Average BER Performances Due to TJ Influence
3.4. Individual Total Average BER Performances
3.5. Relayed Total Average BER Performances
4. Numerical Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Gripeos, P.J.; Nistazakis, H.E.; Tsigopoulos, A.D.; Christofilakis, V.; Roditi, E. Time and Spatial Jitter Influence on the Performance of FSO Links with DF Relays and OC Diversity Over Turbulence Channels. Photonics 2021, 8, 318. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080318
Gripeos PJ, Nistazakis HE, Tsigopoulos AD, Christofilakis V, Roditi E. Time and Spatial Jitter Influence on the Performance of FSO Links with DF Relays and OC Diversity Over Turbulence Channels. Photonics. 2021; 8(8):318. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080318
Chicago/Turabian StyleGripeos, Panagiotis J., Hector E. Nistazakis, Andreas D. Tsigopoulos, Vasilis Christofilakis, and Evgenia Roditi. 2021. "Time and Spatial Jitter Influence on the Performance of FSO Links with DF Relays and OC Diversity Over Turbulence Channels" Photonics 8, no. 8: 318. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8080318