Evaluation of FSO Link Using Array of Photodetectors
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Mehtab Singh
Abstract
In recent years, free-space optics (FSO) communication links have gained importance due to the availability of high data transmission rates and channel bandwidth. Although FSO links have many advantages, it also suffers from many limitations, which degrade the performance of the communication link. In this paper, the performance of an FSO link has been evaluated under fog weather condition as it severely degrades the quality of the received signal. One of the most important techniques to improve the quality of received signal in an FSO link is by using an array of photodetectors at the receiver end. In this paper, the performance evaluation of an FSO link has been performed using an array of photodetectors at the receiver end using OPTISYSTEM simulation software. The performance has been analyzed by evaluating Q-factor, bit error rate (BER), and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received signal.
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