title: Performance of multi-hop parallel free-space optical communication over gamma-gamma fading channel with pointing errors.
abstract: Multi-hop parallel relaying is considered in a free-space optical (FSO) communication system deploying binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation under the combined effects of a gamma-gamma (GG) distribution and misalignment fading. Based on the best path selection criterion, the cumulative distribution function (CDF) of this cooperative random variable is derived. Then the performance of this optical mesh network is analyzed in detail. A Monte Carlo simulation is also conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the results for the average bit error rate (ABER) and outage probability. The numerical result proves that it needs a smaller average transmitted optical power to achieve the same ABER and outage probability when using the multi-hop parallel network in FSO links. Furthermore, the system use of more number of hops and cooperative paths can improve the quality of the communication.
authors.forename: Zhengguang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Hongzhan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xiaoping
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu