Performance analysis of 3 × 10 Gb/s UOWC transmission system based on OCDMA using a DPS code

Abstract

AbstractA new underwater optical wireless communication (UOWC) system utilizing optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) is proposed based on diagonal permutation shift (DPS) code. Different data rates of 2.5 Gb/s, 5 Gb/s, and 10 Gb/s are transmitted simultaneously in this model, where three channels are utilized, each is assigned with a distinct DPS code-sequence. Additionally, laser diodes operating in the green spectrum range are modulated to carry the OCDMA optical signals of each channel. Moreover, attenuation caused by different types of waterbodies are considered. These waterbodies include those who are located near harbors like harbor I (HA I) and harbor II (HA II), near the coast that are known as coastal sea (CS), inside sea water ‘pure sea (PS)’, and in clear oceans (CL). The performance of the UOWC utilizing OCDMA/DPS code system is evaluated through bit error rate (BER), quality factor , and eye diagrams. The accomplished results assure a successful transmission of the three channels underwater for ranges of 13 m for PS, 10 m for CL, 7.2 m for CS, 4.3 m for HA I, and 3 m for HA II with BER below $${10}^{-5}$$ 10 - 5 at data rate 10 Gb/s.