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Table 1 System configuration [39,40,41]

From: Bootstrapped low complex iterative LDPC decoding algorithms for free-space optical communication links

Parameter

Symbol

Value

Wavelength

\(\lambda\)

1550 nm

Receiver diameter

\(D_\text {R}\)

0.2 m

Transmitter diameter

\(D_\text {T}\)

0.2 m

Divergence angle

\(\theta _T\)

2 mrad

Distance between the source and the destination

L

1 km

Attenuation coefficient

\(\alpha\)

0.43 dB/km

Jitter standard deviation

\(\sigma _\text {s}\)

0.3 m

Beam waist

\(w_z\)

2 m

Pointing error parameter

\(\xi\)

3.3377

Refractive index constant (weak-to-strong atmospheric turbulence)

\(C_n^2\)

\(0.5 \times ~10^{-14}~\text {m}^{-2/3}\),

\(2 \times ~10^{-14}~\text {m}^{-2/3}\),

\(5 \times ~10^{-14}~\text {m}^{-2/3}\)