Pulse-laser Based Long-range Non-line-of-sight Ultraviolet Communication with Pulse Response Position Estimation

TL;DR

This paper introduces a long-range ultraviolet communication method using pulse lasers, focusing on pulse response detection and position estimation techniques to enable reliable data transmission over extended distances.

Contribution

It presents novel pulse response position estimation methods, including correlation-based techniques, to improve detection accuracy in UV laser communication systems.

Findings

Correlation-based estimation outperforms counting methods

Achieves reliable long-distance UV communication

Characterizes performance limits of pulse response detection

Abstract

We propose pulse laser-based ultra-violet communication over long distance, such that the pulse response signals can be detected at the receiver at the cost of low data transmission rate. We characterize the signal and achievable performance for the pulse laser-based communication. Since the detection performance critically depends on the pulse response position estimation, we also propose two approaches to estimate the pulse response positions, one based on counting the number pulses in a window, and the other based on the correlation of pulse response shape and the number of detected photoelectrons. It is seen that the correlation-based position estimation approach can achieve more accurate estimation compared with the counting-based one.