Performance Evaluation of Free Space Optics Laser Communications for 5G and Beyond Secure Network Connections

Peppino Fazio, Peppino Fazio, Mauro Tropea, Miralem Mehic, Miralem Mehic, Floriano De Rango, Miroslav Voznak

2023

Abstract

Free Space Optics (FSO) represent a promising technology for secure communications in several types of architectures: from Quantum Key Distribution Networks (QKDNs) to satellite communications. In this paper, in particular, we take into account terrestrial point-to-point laser communications and evaluate the performance in terms of Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) and Bit Error Rate (BER), taking into account different scenarios, that can reflect real situations in which long distances can be reached in a secure way, guaranteeing an acceptable level of BER. So, after a huge campaign of simulations, we would like to let the scientific community know which are the theoretical limits that such kind of communications can reach. We take into account standard telescopes parameters (available today in the market), while configuring several real situations, in function of, for example, bit-rate, visibility, link distance, etc. A brief survey of the existing works is given, then a clearer performance evaluation of terrestrial FSO links is proposed.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Fazio P., Tropea M., Mehic M., De Rango F. and Voznak M. (2023). Performance Evaluation of Free Space Optics Laser Communications for 5G and Beyond Secure Network Connections. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH; ISBN 978-989-758-668-2, SciTePress, pages 251-258. DOI: 10.5220/0012079700003546

in Bibtex Style

@conference{simultech23,
author={Peppino Fazio and Mauro Tropea and Miralem Mehic and Floriano De Rango and Miroslav Voznak},
title={Performance Evaluation of Free Space Optics Laser Communications for 5G and Beyond Secure Network Connections},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH},
year={2023},
pages={251-258},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012079700003546},
isbn={978-989-758-668-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Simulation and Modeling Methodologies, Technologies and Applications - Volume 1: SIMULTECH
TI - Performance Evaluation of Free Space Optics Laser Communications for 5G and Beyond Secure Network Connections
SN - 978-989-758-668-2
AU - Fazio P.
AU - Tropea M.
AU - Mehic M.
AU - De Rango F.
AU - Voznak M.
PY - 2023
SP - 251
EP - 258
DO - 10.5220/0012079700003546
PB - SciTePress