Performance analyses of subcarrier BPSK modulation over M turbulence channels with pointing errors

An aggregated channel model is achieved by fitting the Weibull distribution, which includes the effects of atmospheric attenuation, M distributed atmospheric turbulence and nonzero boresight pointing errors. With this approximate channel model, the bit error rate （BER） and the ergodic capacity of free-space optical （FSO） communication systems utilizing sub- cartier binary phase-shift keying （BPSK） modulation are analyzed, respectively. A closed-form expression of BER is de- rived by using the generalized Gauss-Lagueree quadrature rule, and the bounds of ergodic capacity are discussed. Monte Carlo simulation is provided to confirm the validity of the BER expressions and the bounds of ergodic capacity.