Diversity and Multiplexing for Near-Field Atmospheric Optical Communication

In this paper, the performance of multi-beam free-space optical (FSO) communication systems are studied through an accurate analytical approach which does not rely on far-field assumptions commonly used in the literature. A framework is presented for analytical and numerical performance analyses of multi-beam FSO systems employed in a diversity or multiplexing scheme. The performance analyses show that the far-field assumptions may not …