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MIMO Free-Space Optical Communication

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Optical Wireless Communications

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In this chapter, we study multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) free-space optical (FSO) communication systems degraded by atmospheric turbulence, absorption, scattering, diffraction, and misalignment. The employment of multiple transmit/receive apertures are studied as a means to enhance the reliability of FSO links by combating atmospheric turbulence through the insertion of redundancy (i.e. spatial diversity). The fundamental differences between RF and optical wireless MIMO channels are discussed and the most recent results reported for different channel models are presented. We further extend our investigation to include some important results on distributed MIMO FSO systems.

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    Majid Safari

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Turkey

    Murat Uysal

  2. Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Carlo Capsoni

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

    Zabih Ghassemlooy

  4. Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, University of Peloponnese, Tripolis, Arkadhia, Greece

    Anthony Boucouvalas

  5. Department of Broadband Infocommunication and Electromagnetic Theory, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary

    Eszter Udvary

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Safari, M. (2016). MIMO Free-Space Optical Communication. In: Uysal, M., Capsoni, C., Ghassemlooy, Z., Boucouvalas, A., Udvary, E. (eds) Optical Wireless Communications. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30201-0_11

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