A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter

In this work, we propose a novel design of a hybrid transmission integrated system for radio frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) communications, in which the RF and FSO links are able to share the transmitter and the transmission link. In this system, the RF link can usually be considered as...

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Main Authors: Qinyi Zhang, Jianjun Yu, Jianyu Long, Chen Wang, Jiali Chen, Xin Lu
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Xin Lu
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description In this work, we propose a novel design of a hybrid transmission integrated system for radio frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) communications, in which the RF and FSO links are able to share the transmitter and the transmission link. In this system, the RF link can usually be considered as a complement to the FSO link, and the hybridization of the two transmissions allows the system to adapt to a variety of complex environments while maintaining a high rate of transmission, improves system stability, and greatly reduces system complexity through the design of a shared transmitter. An experimental demonstration of the system has been carried out, and the results show that the hybrid RF/FSO system supports 50 Gbit/s transmission, satisfying the 20% soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC) threshold of 2.4 × 10<sup>−2</sup>. Additionally, for the FSO link, the system supports 100 GBaud QPSK and 32 GBaud 16QAM transmissions individually. The proposed structure combines the advantages of RF and FSO, providing a foundation for future high-speed, broadband, all-environment communication.
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spelling doaj-art-27914e7db0854aabb2cc5837127e55da2025-08-20T03:03:25ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202025-03-01257202110.3390/s25072021A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared TransmitterQinyi Zhang0Jianjun Yu1Jianyu Long2Chen Wang3Jiali Chen4Xin Lu5State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaState Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaState Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaState Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaState Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaState Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, Key Laboratory for Information Science of Electromagnetic Waves (MoE), School of Information Science and Technology, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, ChinaIn this work, we propose a novel design of a hybrid transmission integrated system for radio frequency (RF) and free-space optical (FSO) communications, in which the RF and FSO links are able to share the transmitter and the transmission link. In this system, the RF link can usually be considered as a complement to the FSO link, and the hybridization of the two transmissions allows the system to adapt to a variety of complex environments while maintaining a high rate of transmission, improves system stability, and greatly reduces system complexity through the design of a shared transmitter. An experimental demonstration of the system has been carried out, and the results show that the hybrid RF/FSO system supports 50 Gbit/s transmission, satisfying the 20% soft-decision forward error correction (SD-FEC) threshold of 2.4 × 10<sup>−2</sup>. Additionally, for the FSO link, the system supports 100 GBaud QPSK and 32 GBaud 16QAM transmissions individually. The proposed structure combines the advantages of RF and FSO, providing a foundation for future high-speed, broadband, all-environment communication.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/7/2021hybrid transmissionshared transmitterradio frequencymillimeter wave communicationfree space opticaldigital signal processing
spellingShingle Qinyi Zhang
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A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter
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hybrid transmission
shared transmitter
radio frequency
millimeter wave communication
free space optical
digital signal processing
title A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter
title_full A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter
title_fullStr A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter
title_full_unstemmed A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter
title_short A Hybrid RF/FSO Transmission System Based on a Shared Transmitter
title_sort hybrid rf fso transmission system based on a shared transmitter
topic hybrid transmission
shared transmitter
radio frequency
millimeter wave communication
free space optical
digital signal processing
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/25/7/2021
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