7th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China

Research Article

Approximate Performance Study of Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communication Links in Noncoplanar Geometry

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417494,
        author={Yong Zuo and Houfei Xiao and Wenbo Zhang and Haoran Xu and Jian Wu},
        title={Approximate Performance Study of Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communication Links in Noncoplanar Geometry},
        proceedings={7th International Conference on Communications and Networking in China},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={CHINACOM},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={ultraviolet communication; non-line-of-sight; single-scatter},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417494}
    }
    
  • Yong Zuo
    Houfei Xiao
    Wenbo Zhang
    Haoran Xu
    Jian Wu
    Year: 2012
    Approximate Performance Study of Non-Line-of-Sight Ultraviolet Communication Links in Noncoplanar Geometry
    CHINACOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417494
Yong Zuo1,*, Houfei Xiao1, Wenbo Zhang1, Haoran Xu1, Jian Wu1
  • 1: State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
*Contact email: yong_zuo@bupt.edu.cn

Abstract

This paper presents an approximate closed-form model of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) ultraviolet (UV) single-scatter propagation in noncoplanar geometry for tractable analysis. The path loss is given as a function of the transceiver geometry settings and the optical properties of the atmosphere. Numerical examples on path loss show that the approximate model is consistent with the integral-form noncoplanar propagation model. Then, the data rate and the channel capacity of a quantum-limited receiver are further investigated with different parameters, such as bit error rate (BER), communication range, and transmitter optical power and off-axis angle.