Performance of Underwater Wireless Optical Communication under Turbulence

Author Name : Dr. K. H. S. Murugan, A. Poornima, CH. Lakshmi Priyanka, K. Akshitha, K. Divya, K. Dharani

ABSTRACT: We propose the impact of turbulence on performance of UWOC systems and investigate capacity and bit-error rate (BER) of underwater wireless optical links under weak and strong turbulence by deriving the expressions of average capacity and BER. Numerical results suggest that turbulence degrades both capacity and BER performance as expected. This work provides a theoretical analysis tool for system design and performance evaluation of UWOC systems. Under water optical wireless Communication (UOWC) has recently emerged as a unique technology facilitating high data rates and Moderate distance communication in undersea environment under water optical wireless communication (UWOC) is an emerging technology for underwater wireless sensor networks. Index Terms—Underwater Wireless Optical Communication, Channel Capacity, BER, Turbulence