Influence of Atmospheric Turbulence and Pointing Error on Bit Error Rate of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laser Communication

Hanling Tang; Yongjun Li; Yi Li; Shanghong Zhao

doi:10.3788/LOP202259.1306002

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Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
Vol. 59, Issue 13, 1306002 (2022)

Influence of Atmospheric Turbulence and Pointing Error on Bit Error Rate of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laser Communication

Hanling Tang^*, Yongjun Li, Yi Li, and Shanghong Zhao

Author Affiliations

Department of Communication, Institute of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi’an 710077, Shaanxi , China

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Hanling Tang, Yongjun Li, Yi Li, Shanghong Zhao. Influence of Atmospheric Turbulence and Pointing Error on Bit Error Rate of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Laser Communication[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2022, 59(13): 1306002 Copy Citation Text

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Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of the pointing error

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Probability distribution of the radial position r under pointing error. (a) Aθ=50 μrad; (b) σθ=30 μrad

Fig. 2. Probability distribution of the radial position r under pointing error. (a)

A_{θ}

=50 μrad; (b)

σ_{θ}

=30 μrad

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Fig. 3. Variation curve of BER with transmission power. (a)

A_{θ}

=0 mrad; (b)

σ_{θ}

=0.3 mrad

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Fig. 4. Relationship between BER and beam divergence angle and time attenuation factor. (a) Variation curve of BER with beam divergence angle; (b) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.1 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.1 mrad; (c) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.1 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.2 mrad ; (d) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.4 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.1 mrad; (e) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.4 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.2 mrad

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Fig. 5. Relationship between BER with height and attenuation factor. (a) Variation curve of BER with height; (b) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.2 mrad; (c) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.3 mrad; (d) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.2 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.2 mrad; (e) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.2 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.3 mrad

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Fig. 6. Relationship between BER with receiver diameter and attenuation factor. (a) Variation curve of BER with receiver diameter; (b) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.1 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.3 mrad; (c) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.1 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.4 mrad; (d) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.4 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.3 mrad; (e) probability distribution curve of attenuation factor h when

A_{θ}

=0.4 mrad,

σ_{θ}

=0.4 mrad

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Parameter description	Symbol	Value
Transmission power /mW	$P_{t}$	1
Laser wavelength /nm	$λ$	1550
Communication distance /m	$L$	1000
Receiver diameter /m	$a$	0.1
Refractive index structure parameter /m^-2/3	$C_{n}^{2}$	1.7×10^-14
Divergence angle /mrad	$θ$	1
Noise variance /（A⋅Hz^-1）	$σ_{n}$	10^-7

Table 1. Simulation parameter

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