Effects of Solar Scintillation on Deep Space Communications: Challenges and Prediction Techniques

Xu, Guanjun; Song, Zhaohui

doi:10.1109/mwc.2019.1800271

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“…Several missions on the optical communication test and space exploration have been conducted with an FSO deep space communication system (see references therein [96]). Nevertheless, various adverse issues, such as path loss, misalignment errors, atmospheric turbulence, and coronal solar wind turbulence, pose various challenges to the FSO system design for deep space missions [97]. Ensuring reliable communications is one of the primary requirements for future deep space FSO communication networks [98].…”

Section: ) Deep-space Systemsmentioning

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Link-Layer Retransmission-based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey

Le¹

2022

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Free-space optical (FSO) communications have gained significant interest over the last few years, thanks to the capability to transport extremely high-speed data over long distances without exhausting radio frequency (RF) resources. FSO communication is widely considered in various network scenarios, such as inter-satellite/deep-space links, ground-station/vehicles, satellite/aerial links, or terrestrial links. It is expected to be a key enabling technology for the next generation of 6G wireless networks. Nevertheless, despite the great potential of FSO communications, its performance suffers from various limitations and challenges: atmospheric turbulence, clouds, weather conditions, and pointing misalignment. The error-control solutions, including physical layer (PHY) and link-layer methods, aim to mitigate the transmission errors caused by such adverse issues. While the existing surveys on error-control solutions in FSO systems primarily focussed on the PHY methods, we instead provide a review of link-layer solutions. In particular, we conduct an extensive literature survey of state-of-the-art retransmission protocols, both automatic repeat request (ARQ) and hybrid ARQ (HARQ), for various FSO communication scenarios, including point-to-point terrestrial, cooperative, multi-hop relaying, hybrid FSO/RF, satellite/aerial, and deep-space systems. Furthermore, we provide a survey of recent literature and insightful discussion on the cross-layer design frameworks related to link-layer retransmission protocols in FSO communication networks. Finally, the lessons learned, design guidelines, related open issues, and future research directions are exposed.

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Section: ) Deep-space Systemsmentioning

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Link-Layer Retransmission-based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey

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2022

Preprint

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“…Several missions on the optical communication test and space exploration have been conducted with an FSO deep space communication system (see references therein [85]). Nevertheless, various adverse issues, such as path loss, pointing errors, and coronal solar wind turbulence, pose various challenges to the FSO system design for deep space missions [86]. Indeed, the selection of proper error-control methods plays an essential role in such systems with long propagation delay, limited onboard storage, and time-constrained visibility window between spacecraft and ground stations [87].…”

Section: ) Deep-space Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Link-Layer Retransmission-Based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey

Pham

2022

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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Free space optical (FSO) communication has established a reputation for itself capable of delivering high-speed data services over long distances without exhausting radio frequency (RF) resources. FSO communication can be considered in different network scenarios, including inter-satellite/deep-space links, ground-station/vehicles, satellite/aerial links, and terrestrial links. It is expected to be one of the key enabling technologies for the next generation of 6G wireless networks. Nevertheless, despite the great potential of FSO communications, its performance suffers from various limitations and challenges: atmospheric turbulence, clouds, weather conditions, and pointing misalignment. The error-control solutions, including physical layer (PHY) and linklayer methods, aim to mitigate the transmission errors caused by such adverse issues. While the existing surveys on errorcontrol solutions in FSO systems primarily focussed on the PHY methods, we instead provide a review of link-layer solutions. In particular, we conduct an extensive literature survey of state-ofthe-art retransmission protocols, both automatic repeat request (ARQ) and hybrid ARQ (HARQ), for various FSO communication scenarios, including point-to-point terrestrial, cooperative, multi-hop relaying, hybrid FSO/RF, satellite/aerial, and deepspace systems. Furthermore, we provide a survey of recent literature and insightful discussion on the cross-layer design frameworks related to link-layer retransmission protocols in FSO communication networks. Finally, the lessons learned, design guidelines, related open issues, and future research directions are exposed.

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“…Figure 1(a) shows a typical FSO system. Laser beams are coupled into fiber through the antenna and converted into electrical signal in the PIN detector [12][13][14]. Figure 1(b) shows the new FSO system, in which the PIN board receives optical signal and converts the optical signal into electrical signal directly.…”

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The BER of the New FSO Receiver Manufactured by RTCVD and Solar Cell Technology

Qing-gui

Wen-guang

2020

International Journal of Optics

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In the free-space optical (FSO) communication system, alignment and coupling are key issues. In this work, we adopt a PIN photodiode board as the new receiver to address this question. Firstly, with rapid thermochemical vapor deposition (RTCVD) and solar cell technology, the PIN photodiode board is manufactured. Then, using scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM), the microphotographs of the PIN photodiode are taken. After that, the PIN board is arranged as a new receiver in the FSO system to do a bit error rate (BER) experiment. In total, we have carried out 4 groups of experiments. The BERs of the ordinary receiver are as follows: (10−8.5, 10−8, 10−8, and 10−7.9) and that of the new receiver is (10−9.2, 10−9.1, 10−9.1, and 10−9), respectively. It means the BER of the new receiver is lower. In other words, the new receiver performs better.

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Effects of Solar Scintillation on Deep Space Communications: Challenges and Prediction Techniques

Cited by 47 publications

References 15 publications

Link-Layer Retransmission-based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey

Link-Layer Retransmission-based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey

Link-Layer Retransmission-Based Error-Control Protocols in FSO Communications: A Survey

The BER of the New FSO Receiver Manufactured by RTCVD and Solar Cell Technology

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