Performance Analysis of 10 Gbps Inter-satellite Optical Wireless Communication Link (IsOWC) using Different Modulation Formats and Transmission Power Levels

Optical Wireless Communication is one of the most important techniques for use in satellite communication systems in the future ahead. The Inter-satellite Optical Wireless Communication systems (IsOWC) have became very popular due to its numerous advantages such as large bandwidth, small size, light weight and low power consumption in different atmospheric conditions. In this paper, a performance comparison analysis on the basis of Q Factor of received signal, BER, Eye Height, and RMS value of jitter of received signal in IsOWC system has been done using different modulation formats such as RZ (Return to Zero) format and NRZ (Non Return to Zero) format at different levels of data transmission power levels using OPTISYSTEM simulator between two satellites separated at a distance of 1500 Km in space at a data