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Airborne platforms, such as drones, balloons, and aerostats, have recently gained considerable interest in the communication sector. Free-space optical communication (FSOC) systems can deliver information wirelessly at high data rates…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-16 Bereket Kebede

The use of optical spatial modulation (OSM), which has been recently emerged as a power and bandwidth efficient pulsed modulation technique for indoor optical wireless communication, is proposed as a simple, low-complexity means of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Kostas P. Peppas , P. Takis Mathiopoulos

Weight reduction and low power consumption are key requirements in the next generation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. Employing modulating retro-reflector (MRR)-based free space optical (FSO) technology is an innovative…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-15 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Mohsen Rezaee , Leila Mohammadi , Farhang Javaherian , Vahid Yazdanian , Mazen Omar Hasna , Murat Uysal

This study discusses the current state of FSO technology, as well as global trends and developments in the industrial ecosystem to identify obstacles to the full realization of optical space-to-ground communication networks. Additionally,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-01 Eugene Rotherham , Connor Casey , Eva Fernandez Rodriguez , Karen Wendy Vidaurre Torrez , Maren Mashor , Isaac Pike

Free space communications (FSO) is interesting for distant applications where high bandwidth is needed while using a fiber is not possible. However these links have to face several issues, and the most important one is the beam…

In this paper, we propose a novel free-space optical (FSO) communication system utilizing optical skyrmions. We introduce a scheme referred to as skyrmion number modulation (SkM), which employs index modulation by encoding information onto…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Ryosuke Hara , Satoshi Iwamoto , Shinya Sugiura

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-21 Mohammad Ali Amirabadi

Radio frequency (RF) communications offer reliable but low data rates and energy-inefficient satellite links, while free-space optical (FSO) promises high bandwidth but struggles with disturbances imposed by atmospheric effects. A hybrid…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-24 Mostafa Ibrahim , Arsalan Ahmad , Sabit Ekin , Peter LoPresti , Serhat Altunc , Obadiah Kegege , John F. O'Hara

A composite impulse radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) communication system is presented. The proposed system model aims to transmit UWB pulses over several kilometers through free-space optical (FSO) links and depending on the link design, the…

Optics · Physics 2013-03-25 Kemal Davaslioglu

In this paper, we investigate the performance of the dual-hop free space optical (FSO) communication systems under the effect of strong atmospheric turbulence together with misalignment effects (pointing error). We consider a relay assisted…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-19 Neha Mishra , D. Sriram Kumar , Pranav Kumar Jha

Due to the relatively high cost of deploying optical fibers, free space optical (FSO) links have been developed as a cost-effective alternative technology for next generation cellular networks. However, in order to have a practical role in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-05 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Himan Savojbolaghchi , Seyed Mohammad Sajad Sadough

With the large number of deep space (DS) missions anticipated by the end of this decade, reliable-high capacity DS communication systems are needed more than ever. Nevertheless, existing DS communication technologies are far from meeting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-21 Sarah Karmous , Nadia Adem

The performance analysis of free space optical communication (FSO) system using relays and spatial diversity at the source is studied in this paper. The effect of atmospheric turbulence and attenuation, caused by different weather…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-03 Pranav Kumar Jha , Nitin Kachare , K Kalyani , D. Sriram Kumar

Free space optical (FSO) communication using lasers is a rapidly developing field in telecommunications that can offer advantages over traditional radio frequency technology. For example, optical laser links may allow transmissions at far…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-25 Eva Fernandez Rodriguez , Zachary C. Rowland , Roderik A. Overzier

Having shown early promise, free-space optical communications (FSO) face formidable challenges in the age of information explosion. The ever-growing demand for greater channel communication capacity is one of the challenges. The…

Free-space optical (FSO) communication is emerging as a key backhaul technology for next-generation vertical heterogeneous networks (VHetNets), whose architecture spans satellites, high-altitude platform stations (HAPS), unmanned aerial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-21 Eylem Erdogan , Mohammed Elamassie , Ibrahim Altunbas , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Murat Uysal , Halim Yanikomeroglu

We present a 19-day joint measurement of optical turbulence and coherent data communications over a 4.6 km urban FSO link, providing empirical insights into turbulence effects on the performance of fiber-coupled coherent communication…

Communication using orbital angular momentum (OAM) modes has recently received a considerable interest in free space optical (FSO) communications. Propagating OAM modes through free space may be subject to atmospheric turbulence (AT)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-08 El-Mehdi Amhoud , Marwa Chafii , Ahmad Nimr , Gerhard Fettweis

Free-space optical (FSO) systems are able to offer the high data-rate, secure, and cost-efficient communication links required for applications such as wireless front- and backhauling for 5G and 6G communication networks. Despite the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-28 Vahid Jamali , Hedieh Ajam , Marzieh Najafi , Bernhard Schmauss , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor

Coherent detection can provide enhanced receiver sensitivity and spectral efficiency in free-space optical (FSO) communications. However, turbulence can cause modal power coupling effects on a Gaussian data beam and significantly degrade…