| Abstract: | Multipath-induced pulse broadening in a non-line-of-sight (NLOS) optical scattering channel is investigated. Expressions for impulse response and digital signal-to-noise ratio (DSNR) penalty induced by inter-symbol interference (ISI) of a NLOS ultraviolet (UV) scattering communication are introduced based ona single-scattering model, and simulated results for some typical atmospheric condition and configurationof geometry are given in the paper. It is shown that the multipath dispersion is one of the most importantfactors limiting the system performances, and return-to-zero (RZ) format is more suitable for the opticalscattering communications than non-return-to-zero (NRZ) format. The method proposed here can be usedto predict available bandwidth and data rate of the communication system operating in a NLOS opticalscattering channel. |
