Design of 16 × 40 Gbps hybrid PDM-WDM FSO communication system and its performance comparison with the traditional model under diverse weather conditions of Bangladesh

Abstract

Abstract A comprehensive design is proposed for free-space optical (FSO) communication system by hybridizing polarization division multiplexing (PDM) with wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and its performance is investigated under diverse turbulent weather conditions of Bangladesh. Here we consider gamma–gamma (G–G) distribution for the turbulent FSO channel model. Moreover, a PDM-WDM technique not only maximizes the link capacity of FSO system but also enhances the spectral efficiency (SE) of the system. Besides, the performance of this hybrid PDM-WDM FSO system is compared with the traditional model and the proposed hybrid system exhibits excellent performance under diverse atmospheric conditions of Bangladesh. Performance analysis of the proposed model as well as the comparison with the traditional model is described in terms of optical power spectrum (OPS), optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR), bit error rate (BER), Q factor, constellation diagrams, and eye diagrams.