Data Combining Schemes for a Detector Array Receiver in Free-Space Optical Communications

An array of detectors is widely used in deep space optical communications for both fine beam tracking and symbol detection. In this paper, we have analyzed and compared the performance of different combining schemes&#x2014;such as <italic>equal gain combiner</italic> (EGC), <itali...

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Main Authors: Ming-Cheng Tsai, Muhammad Salman Bashir, Mohamed-Slim Alouini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2022-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9792442/