Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications

Free space optical communication systems are the future of the communication systems which can meet the needs of the end users who are demanding high bandwidths to support high-speed communication. These merits are due to its numerous advantages as well as their better performance. This paper studie...

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Main Authors: Hosam Abd Elrazek Mohamed Ali, El-Sayed Soliman A. Said, Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2019-01-01
Series:International Journal of Optics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1828275
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spelling doaj-73194f8d5f10477cbfe9ece67162eae72020-11-25T01:31:22ZengHindawi LimitedInternational Journal of Optics1687-93841687-93922019-01-01201910.1155/2019/18282751828275Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless CommunicationsHosam Abd Elrazek Mohamed Ali0El-Sayed Soliman A. Said1Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef2Telecom Egypt, EgyptAl-Azhar University, EgyptAl-Azhar University, EgyptFree space optical communication systems are the future of the communication systems which can meet the needs of the end users who are demanding high bandwidths to support high-speed communication. These merits are due to its numerous advantages as well as their better performance. This paper studies the effect of environmental parameters like rain, fog, haze, snow, and dust on the performance of optical wireless communications using Opti-system program. This work considers the effect of visibility as well as operating wavelengths on atmospheric attenuation in different weather conditions for free space optical link. For different weather conditions the max distance between transmitter and receiver can also be estimated. The system analysis depicted the better performance of the Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) configurations compared to Single Input/Single Output (SISO) at different weather conditions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1828275
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author Hosam Abd Elrazek Mohamed Ali
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Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef
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El-Sayed Soliman A. Said
Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef
Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications
International Journal of Optics
author_facet Hosam Abd Elrazek Mohamed Ali
El-Sayed Soliman A. Said
Mohamed Ebrahim Yousef
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title Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications
title_short Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications
title_full Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications
title_fullStr Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Environmental Parameters on the Performance of Optical Wireless Communications
title_sort effect of environmental parameters on the performance of optical wireless communications
publisher Hindawi Limited
series International Journal of Optics
issn 1687-9384
1687-9392
publishDate 2019-01-01
description Free space optical communication systems are the future of the communication systems which can meet the needs of the end users who are demanding high bandwidths to support high-speed communication. These merits are due to its numerous advantages as well as their better performance. This paper studies the effect of environmental parameters like rain, fog, haze, snow, and dust on the performance of optical wireless communications using Opti-system program. This work considers the effect of visibility as well as operating wavelengths on atmospheric attenuation in different weather conditions for free space optical link. For different weather conditions the max distance between transmitter and receiver can also be estimated. The system analysis depicted the better performance of the Multi-Input/Multi-Output (MIMO) configurations compared to Single Input/Single Output (SISO) at different weather conditions.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/1828275
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