Error rate performance for STBC in free-space optical communications through strong atmospheric turbulence

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-392

  García Zambrana, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence channel; Direct detection; Free space optical communication; Space time coding

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; BLOCK CODES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ALAMOUTI CODE; FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEM; ON-OFF KEYING FORMAT; OPTICAL POWER RATIO;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 34249822814     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2007.061980     Document Type: Article

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