Performance Analysis of Quadrature Amplitude Modulation in FSO Atmospheric
turbulence
Shubhankar Nikhil and Archak Pal| Prof. Aarthi G. | SENSE
Motivation/ Introduction
FSO (Free Space Optics) communication systems are rapidly gaining popularity as
effective means of transferring data at high rates over short distances due to the
necessity of a cost-effective, license-free, and high-bandwidth access
communication technique. FSO can be used by wireless service providers for
communication and it requires no license to use the it. FSO links can be used to
form a storage area network. It is a network which is known to provide access to
consolidated, block level data storage. FSO systems are easily installable.
SCOPE of the Project
The main objective of this project is to do a performance analysis in terms of
ASEP (Average Symbol Error Probability) versus Average SNR of General-order
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation considering atmospheric turbulence effects
for the different channel models. The Average symbol error probability for the
Log Normal and Gamma Gamma channel models are derived in terms of the
Meijer-G function and the effects of decision distance, distance between
transmitter and receiver and the turbulence conditions are analyzed. For all the
calculations 16 bit QAM (Quadrature Amplitude Modulation) is used. To further
improve the signal quality double generalized gamma model is implemented.  
Methodology
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Receiver: In the receiver, the
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received numerical
fieldtables.
is focused onto
a photo detector, which converts the
received optical field to an electrical
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signal. The electrical signal is
demodulated, and the resulting bits
are fed into an information sink.
ASEP expression for Log-Normal distribution model
ASEP expression for Gamma-Gamma distribution model
ASEP expression for Double generalized Gamma distribution model
Results
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Figure 2: ASEP of optical communication systems employing general order
rectangular QAM versus the average electrical SNR for weak turbulence and
decision ratio r=1
Figure 3: ASEP of optical communication systems employing subcarrier
general-order rectangular QAM versus the average electrical SNR, for medium
turbulence, r = 1, and for various values of L.
Figure 4: ASEP of optical communication systems employing subcarrier
general-order rectangular QAM versus the average electrical SNR, for strong
turbulence, r = 1, and for various values of L.
Figure 5: ASEP of optical communication systems employing subcarrier
general-order rectangular QAM versus the average electrical SNR, for weak
turbulence, r = 1, using double generalized gamma distribution.
Figure 6: ASEP of optical
communication systems
employing subcarrier general-
order rectangular QAM versus
the average electrical SNR, for
strong turbulence strength, r =
1, and for various values of a
and b.
Figure 6
Conclusion/ Summary
The performance of the QAM modulation in FSO systems is analyzed with the
ASEP parameter. For different values of the atmospheric turbulence, ASEP is
analyzed with respect to the average SNR. For the weak atmospheric
turbulence conditions, we used the log normal channel model for
implementation of the system. The output observed was that ASEP is
increasing with the length of link and decreasing with SNR. For the moderate
and strong turbulence observed, as the difference a−b grows smaller, a
significant improvement in the error performance is obtained. The final work
contains the Double gamma model. Here the work is done for the weak
turbulence model. This model showed an ASEP in the range of 10-12 which is
indeed showing a better performance than the above two models.
Contact Details
archakpal@yahoo.co.in shubhankarnikhil@gmail.com
Acknowledgments/ References
1. Kostas P. Peppas and Christos K. Datsikas “Average Symbol Error Probability
of General-Order Rectangular Quadrature Amplitude Modulation of
Optical Wireless Communication Systems Over Atmospheric Turbulence
Channels”, J. OPT. COMMUN. NETW. /VOL. 2, NO. 2/FEBRUARY 2010
2. Mohammadreza A. Kashani, Student Member, IEEE, Murat Uysal, Senior
Member, IEEE, and Mohsen Kavehrad, Fellow, IEEE, “A Novel Statistical
Channel Model for Turbulence-Induced Fading in Free-Space Optical
Systems”, JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 33, NO. 11, JUNE 1,
2015
3. Hessa AlQuwaiee, Imran Shafique Ansari, and Mohamed-Slim Alouini, “On
the Performance of Free-space Optical Wireless Communication Systems
over Double Generalized Gamma Fading Channels”, journal of