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Performance comparison of NRZ and RZ modulations with and without forward error corrections for free-space optical communication

Naresh Chand, John J. Loriz, Andrew J. Hunton, Bruce M. Eteson

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Our free-space optical (FSO) communication experiments show that, compared to non-return-to-zero (NRZ) encoding, return-to-zero (RZ) data format is more robust to atmospheric turbulence. A forward error correction coding gain up to 5 dB is obtained at a bit error-rate of 1x10-15 for FSO link with Reed-Solomon (255,239) generic FEC (GFEC) which is specified in ITU-T G.709 standards. The coding gain increases further up to 1.6 dB with enhanced FEC (EFEC) that adds no additional overheads. Still, the link-margin with both GFEC and EFEC decreases with atmospheric turbulence.

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Our free-space optical (FSO) communication experiments show that, compared to non-return-to-zero (NRZ) encoding, return-to-zero (RZ) data format is more robust to atmospheric turbulence. A forward error correction coding gain up to 5 dB is obtained at a bit error-rate of 1x10-15 for FSO link with Reed-Solomon (255,239) generic FEC (GFEC) which is specified in ITU-T G.709 standards. The coding gain increases further up to 1.6 dB with enhanced FEC (EFEC) that adds no additional overheads. Still, the link-margin with both GFEC and EFEC decreases with atmospheric turbulence.

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Our free-space optical (FSO) communication experiments show that, compared to non-return-to-zero (NRZ) encoding, return-to-zero (RZ) data format is more robust to atmospheric turbulence. A forward error correction coding gain up to 5 dB is obtained at a bit error-rate of 1x10-15 for FSO link with Reed-Solomon (255,239) generic FEC (GFEC) which is specified in ITU-T G.709 standards. The coding gain increases further up to 1.6 dB with enhanced FEC (EFEC) that adds no additional overheads. Still, the link-margin with both GFEC and EFEC decreases with atmospheric turbulence.

Key concepts: Coding gain, Forward error correction, Free-space optical communication, Bit error rate, Optical communication, Computer science, Coding (social sciences), Error detection and correction

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