Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers
In free space optical communication systems, multi-aperture coherent optical receivers based on digital coherent beam combining (D-CBC) technique can provide exceptionally high sensitivity and are more robust to the atmosphere turbulence compared with the single aperture receivers with the same coll...
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| description | In free space optical communication systems, multi-aperture coherent optical receivers based on digital coherent beam combining (D-CBC) technique can provide exceptionally high sensitivity and are more robust to the atmosphere turbulence compared with the single aperture receivers with the same collection area. D-CBC relies on the digital phase alignment algorithm (PAA) to align the different versions of signals in phase. However, due to the limited working frequency and space of the digital signal processing (DSP) circuits, the main obstacle to realizing real-time phase alignment of multiple high-speed optical signals is the computation complexity. Therefore, we need to minimize the computation complexity while guaranteeing a satisfactory performance. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the computation complexity and the combining loss (CL) for both maximum ratio combining (MRC) and equal gain combining (EGC) based D-CBC. Universal analytical expressions are deduced that allow easy minimization of the computation complexity for both MRC and EGC based receivers according to the prescribed CL and input optical signal-to-noise ratios (OSNRs). The analytical expressions are validated by extensive numerical simulations. It is demonstrated that the computation complexity is mainly determined by the quality of the signal with a larger OSNR in MRC, while it is determined by the overall quality of the signals in EGC. When EGC is replaced with MRC, the computation complexity can be reduced by more than 55% at the same CL when the OSNR difference between the signals to be combined is above 10dB. The maximum computation complexity increases exponentially with decreasing input OSNR lower limit and the smaller the CL, the steeper the slope. Furthermore, when the prescribed CL is relaxed from 0.1 to 0.5dB, the maximum computation complexity can be reduced by about 80%. The results provide useful guidelines toward practical phase alignment on a real-time platform. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7b4d89df4d7446f390c47cf2c3308beb2022-12-21T17:26:08ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01820258520259510.1109/ACCESS.2020.30357489247963Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical ReceiversChenjie Rao0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3546-6076Sheng Cui1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2256-4424Yicong Tu2Keji Zhou3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6033-1125Deming Liu4Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaWuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, ChinaIn free space optical communication systems, multi-aperture coherent optical receivers based on digital coherent beam combining (D-CBC) technique can provide exceptionally high sensitivity and are more robust to the atmosphere turbulence compared with the single aperture receivers with the same collection area. D-CBC relies on the digital phase alignment algorithm (PAA) to align the different versions of signals in phase. However, due to the limited working frequency and space of the digital signal processing (DSP) circuits, the main obstacle to realizing real-time phase alignment of multiple high-speed optical signals is the computation complexity. Therefore, we need to minimize the computation complexity while guaranteeing a satisfactory performance. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between the computation complexity and the combining loss (CL) for both maximum ratio combining (MRC) and equal gain combining (EGC) based D-CBC. Universal analytical expressions are deduced that allow easy minimization of the computation complexity for both MRC and EGC based receivers according to the prescribed CL and input optical signal-to-noise ratios (OSNRs). The analytical expressions are validated by extensive numerical simulations. It is demonstrated that the computation complexity is mainly determined by the quality of the signal with a larger OSNR in MRC, while it is determined by the overall quality of the signals in EGC. When EGC is replaced with MRC, the computation complexity can be reduced by more than 55% at the same CL when the OSNR difference between the signals to be combined is above 10dB. The maximum computation complexity increases exponentially with decreasing input OSNR lower limit and the smaller the CL, the steeper the slope. Furthermore, when the prescribed CL is relaxed from 0.1 to 0.5dB, the maximum computation complexity can be reduced by about 80%. The results provide useful guidelines toward practical phase alignment on a real-time platform.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9247963/Multi-aperture receiverfree-space optical communicationphase alignmentdigital coherent combiningequal gain combingmaximum ratio combining |
| spellingShingle | Chenjie Rao Sheng Cui Yicong Tu Keji Zhou Deming Liu Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers IEEE Access Multi-aperture receiver free-space optical communication phase alignment digital coherent combining equal gain combing maximum ratio combining |
| title | Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers |
| title_full | Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers |
| title_fullStr | Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers |
| title_short | Toward Practical Digital Phase Alignment for Coherent Beam Combining in Multi-Aperture Free Space Coherent Optical Receivers |
| title_sort | toward practical digital phase alignment for coherent beam combining in multi aperture free space coherent optical receivers |
| topic | Multi-aperture receiver free-space optical communication phase alignment digital coherent combining equal gain combing maximum ratio combining |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9247963/ |
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