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In this work, we consider multi-hop and mesh hybrid teraHertz/free-space optics (THz/FSO)-based backhaul networks for high data-rate communications. The results are presented for the cases with both out-band integrated access and backhaul…
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 work we study the behavior of a full-duplex (FD) and amplify-and-forward (AF) relay with multiple antennas, where hardware impairments of the FD relay transceiver is taken into account. Due to the inter-dependency of the transmit…
The underlay cognitive radio-based hybrid radio frequency / free-space optical (RF / FSO) systems have been emerged as a promising technology due to its ability to eliminate spectrum scarcity and spectrum under-utilization problems.…
This paper studies the performance of hybrid radio-frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) links assuming perfect channel state information (CSI) at the receiver. Considering the cases with and without hybrid automatic repeat request…
This paper is concerned with the performance of differential amplify-and-forward (D-AF) relaying for multi-node wireless communications over time-varying Rayleigh fading channels. A first-order auto-regressive model is utilized to…
Energy-harvesting (EH) and wireless power transfer in cooperative relaying networks have recently attracted a considerable amount of research attention. Most of the existing work on this topic however focuses on Rayleigh fading channels,…
Despite the deleterious effect of hardware impairments on communication systems, most prior works have not investigated their impact on widely used relay systems. Most importantly, the application of inexpensive transceivers, being prone to…
In this paper, we consider a relay-assisted uplink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system where two radio frequency (RF) users are grouped for simultaneous transmission, over each resource block, to an intermediate relay which…
In this paper, we consider an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided mobile relaying system under a buffer constraint. We propose a new relaying protocol employing mixed free-space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) communication, i.e., the…
Performance of Free Space Optical (FSO) communication system is affected by atmospheric turbulences and pointing errors. These effects can easily be mitigated by adapting natural system parameters such as wavelength. In this paper,…
Relay systems improve both coverage and system capacity. Towards this direction, full-duplex (FD) technology, being able to boost the spectral efficiency by transmitting and receiving simultaneously on the same frequency and time resources,…
Multihop relaying is a potential technique to mitigate channel impairments in optical wireless communications (OWC). In this paper, multiple fixed-gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relays are employed to enhance the OWC performance under the…
Full-Duplex (FD) Amplify-and-Forward (AF) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) relaying has been the focus of several recent studies, due to the potential for achieving a higher spectral efficiency and lower latency, together with inherent…
We study a high throughput satellite system, where the feeder link uses free-space optical (FSO) and the user link uses radio frequency (RF) communication. In particular, we first propose a transmit diversity using Alamouti space time block…
Free space optical (FSO) communication refers to the information transmission technology based on the propagation of optical signals in space. FSO communication requires that the transmitter and receiver directly see each other.…
This paper studies the performance of hybrid radio-frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) links in the cases with and without hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ). Considering millimeter wave (mmwave) characteristics in the RF link…
We study in this paper a two-hop relaying network consisting of one source, one destination, and three amplify-and-forward (AF) relays operating in a half-duplex mode. In order to compensate for the inherent loss of capacity pre-log factor…
THz transmissions suffer from pointing errors due to antenna misalignment and incur higher path loss from the molecular absorption in addition to the channel fading. In this paper, we employ an amplify-and-forward (AF) dual-hop relaying to…
This paper studies a three-node network in which an intermediate nano-transceiver, acting as a relay, is placed between a nano-transmitter and a nano-receiver to improve the range of diffusion-based molecular communication. Motivated by the…