Outage probability analysis for optical inter-platform HAPS-Link over log normal turbulence channels

Abstract

In this paper, the outage probability performance of optical inter-platform link is analyzed. Atmospheric turbulence is one of the main impairment affecting the operation of optical inter platform link. An inter-HAP channel was modeled as a random process with log normal distribution. The outage probability expression is theoretically derived and numerical results are presented. The results illustrate the outage probability dependence on the power margin, turbulence strength, and propagation path length.