Capacity Analysis of a Multiuser Mixed RF/FSO

Author

Liang Yang ; Xiqi Gao ; Alouini, Mohamed-Slim

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Eng., Guangdong Univ. of Technol., Guangzhou, China

fYear

2014

fDate

18-21 May 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this work, we consider a relay-assisted free-space optical (FSO) communication scheme in which the relay services multiple users and only the best user is selected so that the channel fluctuations can be effectively exploited to produce a selection diversity gain. We assume that the link from the source to the relay is a radio-frequency (RF) link while the link between the relay and the destination is an FSO link. More specifically, we first present a statistical analysis for the systems under consideration over both weak and strong atmospheric turbulence channels. Based on these results, the capacity of these systems with and without adaptive transmission is analyzed.

Keywords

atmospheric turbulence; diversity reception; multiuser channels; optical communication; relay networks (telecommunication); statistical analysis; adaptive transmission; atmospheric turbulence channels; capacity analysis; free-space optical communication scheme; multiuser mixed RF/FSO; radio-frequency link; relay-assisted FSO communication scheme; selection diversity gain; statistical analysis; Atmospheric modeling; Diversity reception; Fading; Optical fiber communication; Radio frequency; Relays; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2014 IEEE 79th

Conference_Location

Seoul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTCSpring.2014.7022851

Filename

7022851