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Statistical channel modeling of intensity fluctuations in a turbulent underwater wireless optical communication system

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Subject of study. The statistical modeling of received intensity fluctuations due to temperature-induced turbulence and the random presence of air bubbles in an underwater wireless optical communication channel is presented. Aim of study. Temperature-induced turbulence and air bubbles induce severe intensity fluctuations in the received optical signal, which degrade the underwater wireless optical communication link performance. Method. Therefore, to characterize the turbulent water channel, an experimental setup has been designed in the laboratory that considers uniform and gradient-based temperature variations along with variable-sized bubble populations. To estimate the effect of these random variations in the water channel, a statistical approach has been followed, which characterizes the nature of the recorded observations. Main results. It is observed that the behavior of random irradiance fluctuations due to uniform and gradient-based temperature variations in the underwater wireless optical communication link follows a single-lobe Gaussian distribution. Moreover, with the incorporation of air bubbles, the received irradiance fluctuations no longer follow a single-lobe Gaussian distribution but follow a multi-lobe Gaussian distribution, i.e., the Gaussian mixture model, which is the weighted sum of the Gaussian distribution. The accuracy of the proposed underwater wireless optical communication link models is verified by conducting the goodness of fit test; the observed confidence interval of 95% authenticates the proposed model. Also, the performance of the Gaussian-mixture-model-based underwater wireless optical communication link has been evaluated in terms of bit error rate, and the acceptable bit error rate levels between 1014 and 1010 have been observed. The proposed underwater wireless optical communication with Gaussian mixture model completely depicts thermally uniform, gradient-based nonuniform, and variable air bubble populations in the ocean. Practical significance. The Gaussian mixture model can further be utilized by the researchers to estimate numerous performance parameters of the turbulent underwater wireless optical communication links using advanced modulation schemes and diversity techniques and paves a valuable way to address the future aspects of research in this area.

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