Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems

Free-space optical (FSO) communication, considered as a last-mile technology, is widely used in many urban scenarios. However, the performance of urban free-space optical (UFSO) communication systems fades in the presence of system vibration caused by many factors in the chaotic urban environment. I...

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Main Authors: Wenqi Cai, Ibrahima N'Doye, Boon S. Ooi, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Taous Meriem Laleg-Kirati
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author Wenqi Cai
Ibrahima N'Doye
Boon S. Ooi
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Taous Meriem Laleg-Kirati
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Mohamed-Slim Alouini
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description Free-space optical (FSO) communication, considered as a last-mile technology, is widely used in many urban scenarios. However, the performance of urban free-space optical (UFSO) communication systems fades in the presence of system vibration caused by many factors in the chaotic urban environment. In this paper, we develop a dedicated indoor vibration platform and atmospheric turbulence to estimate the Bifurcated-Gaussian (B-G) distribution model of the receiver optical power under different vibration levels and link distances using nonlinear iteration method. Mean square error (MSE) and coefficient of determination (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$R^2$</tex-math></inline-formula>) metrics have been used to show a good agreement between the PDFs of the experimental data with the resulting B-G distribution model. Besides, the UFSO channel under the effects of both vibration and atmospheric turbulence is also explored under three atmospheric turbulence conditions. Our proposed B-G distribution model describes the vibrating UFSO channels properly and can easily help to perform and evaluate the link performance of UFSO systems, e.g., bit-error-rate (BER), outage probability. Furthermore, this work paves the way for constructing completed auxiliary control subsystems for robust UFSO links and contributes to more extensive optical communication scenarios, such as underwater optical communication, etc.
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spelling doaj-art-cb9e402bf74c4b75816e59c67d4cf3432025-08-20T03:33:11ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-0111611310.1109/JPHOT.2019.29456958859208Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication SystemsWenqi Cai0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2195-0203Ibrahima N'Doye1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2576-5515Boon S. Ooi2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9606-5578Mohamed-Slim Alouini3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-1793Taous Meriem Laleg-Kirati4https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5944-0121Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaComputer, Electrical and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi ArabiaFree-space optical (FSO) communication, considered as a last-mile technology, is widely used in many urban scenarios. However, the performance of urban free-space optical (UFSO) communication systems fades in the presence of system vibration caused by many factors in the chaotic urban environment. In this paper, we develop a dedicated indoor vibration platform and atmospheric turbulence to estimate the Bifurcated-Gaussian (B-G) distribution model of the receiver optical power under different vibration levels and link distances using nonlinear iteration method. Mean square error (MSE) and coefficient of determination (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$R^2$</tex-math></inline-formula>) metrics have been used to show a good agreement between the PDFs of the experimental data with the resulting B-G distribution model. Besides, the UFSO channel under the effects of both vibration and atmospheric turbulence is also explored under three atmospheric turbulence conditions. Our proposed B-G distribution model describes the vibrating UFSO channels properly and can easily help to perform and evaluate the link performance of UFSO systems, e.g., bit-error-rate (BER), outage probability. Furthermore, this work paves the way for constructing completed auxiliary control subsystems for robust UFSO links and contributes to more extensive optical communication scenarios, such as underwater optical communication, etc.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8859208/Urban free-space optical (UFSO) communicationvibration analysisreceived optical powerprobability density function (PDF)Bifurcated-Gaussian distribution.
spellingShingle Wenqi Cai
Ibrahima N'Doye
Boon S. Ooi
Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Taous Meriem Laleg-Kirati
Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
IEEE Photonics Journal
Urban free-space optical (UFSO) communication
vibration analysis
received optical power
probability density function (PDF)
Bifurcated-Gaussian distribution.
title Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
title_full Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
title_fullStr Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
title_full_unstemmed Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
title_short Modeling and Experimental Study of The Vibration Effects in Urban Free-Space Optical Communication Systems
title_sort modeling and experimental study of the vibration effects in urban free space optical communication systems
topic Urban free-space optical (UFSO) communication
vibration analysis
received optical power
probability density function (PDF)
Bifurcated-Gaussian distribution.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8859208/
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