Research Article

Performance Analysis of Dual-Beam Free Space Optical Communication Link under Dust and Rain Conditions

Table 4

Data statistics of dual-beam FSO channel for link distance of 2.5 km at 193.1THz.

Attenuation (dB/km)Received optical power (dBm)Quality of signal (min)Bit error rate (max)OSNR (dB)
Minimum
RFC (Hz)
Maximum

Clear sky (0.1 dB/km)21.1415Low (0)3.963.199x1011
Moderate attenuation (9.5 dB/km)-2.40440.78.81x10-304-0.61453.199x1011
High attenuation (18.99 dB/km)-21.150High (1)-3.963.199x1011