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In this letter, the performance of multiuser-radio frequency/free space optics (RF/FSO) two-way relay network in the presence of interference is investigated. The FSO link accounts for pointing errors and both types of detection techniques,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-09 Abhijeet Upadhya , Vivek K. Dwivedi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, the performance of a dual-hop energy harvesting-based fixed-gain amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying communication system, subject to fading impairments, is investigated. We consider a source node ($S$) communicating with a…

In this work, we provide a framework analysis of dual-hop hybrid Millimeter Wave Radio Frequency (RF)/Free Space Optical (FSO) MIMO relaying system. The source is equipped with multiple antennas and employs conjugate beamforming while the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-31 Elyes Balti , Brian K. Johnson

This paper investigates performance of a relay assisted hybrid Free Space Optical / Radio Frequency (FSO/RF) communication system. The proposed structure is particularly recommended anywhere that direct RF communication between mobile users…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-22 Mohammad Ali Amirabadi

This work is devoted to the analysis of a regenerative multi-node dual-hop cooperative system over enriched multipath fading channels. Novel analytic expressions are derived for the symbol-error-rate for $M{-}$ary quadrature modulated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-30 Mulugeta K. Fikadu , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Qimei Cui , Mikko Valkama

Mitigating channel fading and transceiver impairments are desirable for high-speed terahertz (THz) wireless links. This paper analyzes the performance of a multi-antenna THz wireless system by considering the combined effect of pointing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-05 Atharva Anand Joshi , Pranay Bhardwaj , S. M. Zafaruddin

In this paper, we study a dual-hop mixed power line communication and radio-frequency communication (PLC/RF) system, where the connection between the PLC link and the RF link is made by a decode-and-forward (DF) or amplify-and-forward (AF)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Liang Yang , Xiaoqin Yan , Sai Li , Daniel Benevides da Costa , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates the performance of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted terahertz (THz) communication system, where the IRS facilitates connectivity between the source and destination nodes in the absence of a direct…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-11 Soumendu Das , Nagendra Kumar , Dharmendra Dixit

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-07-17 Ki-Hong Park , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-16 Arman Ahmadzadeh , Adam Noel , Andreas Burkovski , Robert Schober

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-11 Elyes Balti , Mohsen Guizani , Bechir Hamdaoui , Bassem Khalfi

Although terahertz (THz) communications can provide mobile broadband services, it usually has a large path loss and is vulnerable to antenna misalignment. This significantly degrades the reception reliability. To address this issue, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Ziyang Song , Zheng Shi , Qingping Dou , Guanghua Yang , Yunfei Li , Shaodan Ma

One of the main problems in mobile communication systems is the degradation of Radio Frequency (RF) connection when mobile user is far from base station. One way to solve this problem is to increase the transmitter power, but the mobile…

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

Utilizing terahertz (THz) transmission to enhance coverage has proven various benefits compared to traditional radio frequency (RF) counterparts. This letter proposes a dual-hop decode-and-forward (DF) routing protocol in a hybrid RF and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-03-20 Zhengying Lou , Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this work, we analyze the secrecy outage performance of a dual-hop relay system composed of multiple-input-multiple-output radio-frequency (RF) links and a free-space optical (FSO) link while a multiple-antenna eavesdropper wiretaps the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-31 Hongjiang Lei , Haolun Luo , Ki-Hong Park , Imran Shafique Ansari , Weijia Lei , Gaofeng Pan , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-24 Mohammad Ali Amirabadi

In this work, a hybrid free-space optics (FSO)/ teraHertz (THz) based backhaul network is considered to provide high-data rate reliable communication to the terrestrial mobile users (MUs) operating at millimeter wave (mmWave) bands. The FSO…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-14 Praveen Kumar Singya , Behrooz Makki , Antonio D'Errico , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-15 Mohammed A. Amer , Suhail Al-Dharrab

Wireless communications over Terahertz (THz)-band frequencies are vital enablers of ultra-high rate applications and services in sixth-generation (6G) networks. However, THz communications suffer from poor coverage because of inherent THz…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-07 Nour Kouzayha , Mustafa A. Kishk , Hadi Sarieddeen , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Terahertz (THz) communication offers a promising solution for high-throughput wireless systems. However, the severe path loss of THz signals raises concerns about its effectiveness compared to radio frequency (RF) communication. In this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Zhengying Lou , Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki , Mohamed-Slim Alouini