Effect of Weather Conditions on FSO link based in Islamabad

Free space optics (FSO) is a field of curiosity and importance for the scientists because of its numerous applications and advantages like low cost FSO systems, easy deployment, high data rate, secure FSO links and license free bands. Very high bandwidth FSO link can be effectively established between the skyscrapers of the Islamabad Pakistan for the purpose high capacity applications in these skyscrapers. FSO links are badly affected by the weather conditions especially rain and fog because of high attenuation factors. optisystem is used to study the effect of rain and fog on the performance of FSO links.