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Moment-based estimation for the shape parameters of the Gamma-Gamma atmospheric turbulence model.

Ning Wang, +1 more
- 07 Jun 2010 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 12, pp 12824-12831
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A modified scheme which exploits the relationship between the Gamma-Gamma shape parameters in free-space optical communication and can achieve satisfactory performance for a wide range of turbulence conditions is proposed.
Abstract
We study the parameter estimation problem for the Gamma-Gamma turbulence model for free-space optical communication. An estimation scheme for the shape parameters of the Gamma-Gamma distribution is proposed based on the concept of fractional moments and convex optimization. To improve the estimation performance, we further propose a modified scheme which exploits the relationship between the Gamma-Gamma shape parameters in free-space optical communication. Simulation results reveal that the modified estimation scheme can achieve satisfactory performance for a wide range of turbulence conditions.

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