Free-space optical communication employing subcarrier modulation and spatial diversity in atmospheric turbulence channel

IET Optoelectronics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-23

  Popoola, W O ^a   Ghassemlooy, Z ^a   Allen, J I H ^a   Leitgeb, E ^b   Gao, S ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; MODULATION;

SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SUBCARRIER MODULATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 39349098276     PISSN: 17518768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-opt:20070030     Document Type: Article

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