An Experimental Study of FSO Link Performance in Desert Environment

Esmail, Maged Abdullah; Fathallah, Habib; Alouini, Mohamed‐Slim

doi:10.1109/lcomm.2016.2586043

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“…RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Using the performance metrics (2-6), in this section, we evaluate the FSO system performance under dusty conditions. In our simulation, we use the performance parameters and their associated values that are listed in Table II [8]. We divide the visibility range into four regions as mentioned before where D, M, and L stands for dense, moderate and light dust, respectively.…”

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“…In this paper, we extend our work in [8] to investigate the FSO communication links under dust storm conditions using the proposed model. We demonstrate the limits and the requirements of establishing an FSO communication link in dust storm environment.…”

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“…Because dust storm events are unexpected and unrepeatable, the authors in [6][7][8] build special experimental chambers to study the effect of dust storm on FSO links. In our recent work [8], we proposed a model for signal attenuation in dust using indoor chamber room. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first model to characterize the FSO signal attenuation under dust storm.…”

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“…In [8], we proposed a model for FSO signal attenuation in arid and semi-arid areas that are prone to frequent dust storms. The developed model is given by 1.05 52…”

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Effect of dust storms on FSO communications links

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Fathallah

Alouini

2016

2016 4th International Conference on Control Engineering &Amp; Information Technology (CEIT)

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“…In [8], we proposed a model for FSO signal attenuation in arid and semi-arid areas that are prone to frequent dust storms. The developed model is given by 1.05 52…”

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Effect of dust storms on FSO communications links

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2016

2016 4th International Conference on Control Engineering &Amp; Information Technology (CEIT)

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“…The impact of fog was investigated through a simulation in a prepared area using a theater smoke machine in Ref. [8].…”

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Free-space optical channel characterization in a coastal environment

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J. Commun. Inf. Netw.

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Recently, FSO (Free-Space Optical Communication) has received a lot of attention thanks to its high data-rate transmission via unbounded unlicensed bandwidth. However, some weather conditions lead to significant degradation of the FSO link performance. Based on this context and in order to have a better understanding of the capabilities of FSO communication in a coastal environment, the effects of temperature and humidity on an FSO system are investigated in this study. An experiment is conducted using an open source FSO system that achieves a transmission rate of 1 Gbit/s at a distance of 70 m. Two new mathematical models are proposed to represent the effects of temperature and humidity on our developed FSO system operating at a wavelength of 1 550 nm. The first model links the FSO attenuation coefficient to the air temperature in coastal regions, while the second model links the FSO attenuation coefficient to the humidity and the dew-point temperature. The key finding of this study is that FSO links can achieve maximum availability in a coastal city with normal variations in temperature and humidity.

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