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This paper investigates the average symbol error rate (ASER) performance of a dual-hop hybrid relaying system relying on both radio frequency (RF) and free space optical (FSO) links. Specifically, the RF link is used for supporting mobile…
In this paper a novel multi-hop relay-assisted hybrid FSO / RF system is presented. It is assumed that direct RF connection between mobile users and source Base Station is impossible, therefore a relay connects RF users to the source Base…
This paper presents an analysis of the asymmetric relaying system which provides communication between hybrid outdoor sub-system and indoor visible light communications (VLC) access points. The outdoor sub-system represents a hybrid…
In this paper a novel multi-hop relay-assisted hybrid Free Space Optical / Radio Frequency (FSO / RF) communication system is presented, in which a mobile user is connected to the Base Station via a multi-hop relay-assisted hybrid FSO / RF…
In this paper, we present the performance analysis of mixed RF/FSO system with multiple relays. To select the best relay, we adopt partial relay selection with outdated CSI wherein we investigate the effect of the temporal correlation of…
The performance analysis of free space optical communication (FSO) systems using relays and spatial diversity at the transmitter end is presented in this paper. The impact of atmospheric turbulence and attenuation caused by different…
In this paper, we propose a dual-hop RF (Radio-Frequency)/FSO (Free-Space Optical) system with multiple relays employing the Decode-and-Forward (DF) and Amplify-and-Forward (AF) with a Fixed Gain (FG) relaying scheme. The RF channels are…
In this work, we provide a detailed analysis of a dual-hop fixed gain (FG) amplify-and-forward relaying system, consisting of a hybrid radio frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) channels. We introduce an impairment model which is the…
Wireless systems that carry delay-sensitive information (such as speech and/or video signals) typically transmit with fixed data rates, but may occasionally suffer from transmission outages caused by the random nature of the fading…
To provide high data rate aerial links for 5G and beyond wireless networks, the integration of free-space optical (FSO) communications and aerial platforms has been recently suggested as a practical solution. To fully reap the benefit of…
This paper investigates the location-based relay selection problem, where the source node chooses its relay from a set of spatially deployed decode-and-forward relays. The advantages of location-based relay selection are the elimination of…
In this paper, we consider the problem of multi-relay selection for multi-stream cooperative MIMO systems with $M$ relay nodes. Traditionally, relay selection approaches are primarily focused on selecting one relay node to improve the…
This work proposes a novel hybrid RF/FSO system based on a game theoretic spectrum trading process. It is assumed that no RF spectrum is preallocated to the FSO link and only when the link availability is severely impaired by the infrequent…
In this paper, the performance of two-way relaying in mixed RF/FSO communication system with a backup RF link is investigated. Uplink RF channels are used to send data of $K$ users to a two-way relay, $R$, whereas FSO link is mainly used to…
This paper presents a relay selection for decode-and-forward based on network coding (DF-NC) and analog-NC protocols in general scheme of cellular network system. In the propose scheme the two source node simultaneously transmit their own…
In this paper, a novel dual-hop relay-assisted hybrid Free Space Optical / Radio Frequency (FSO / RF) communication system is presented. In this structure an access point connects users within the building to the Base Station via a hybrid…
In this correspondence, we propose a diversity-achieving retroreflector-based fine tracking system for free-space optical (FSO) communications. We show that multiple retroreflectors deployed around the communication telescope at the aerial…
In this paper, we consider a parallel relay network where two relays cooperatively help a source transmit to a destination. We assume the source and the destination nodes are equipped with multiple antennas. Three basic schemes and their…
In this paper, a multi-user multi-hop hybrid FSO / RF system is presented. This structure is consisted of two main parts. The main motivation of presenting this structure is communication in long-range impassable links or some specific…
In this work, we address the relay selection problem for the wireless powered communication networks, where the relays harvest energy from the source radio frequency signals. A single source-destination pair is considered without a direct…