Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays

This paper presents a unified analysis of the mixed radio-frequency (RF)/free-space optics (FSO) relaying system, with multiple variable-gain amplify-and-forward relays. The partial relay selection (PRS) is employed to select the active relay for further re-transmission. Due to fast fading statistic...

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Main Authors: Milica I. Petkovic, Zeljen Trpovski
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Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
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description This paper presents a unified analysis of the mixed radio-frequency (RF)/free-space optics (FSO) relaying system, with multiple variable-gain amplify-and-forward relays. The partial relay selection (PRS) is employed to select the active relay for further re-transmission. Due to fast fading statistics of the first RF hop, it is assumed that the channel state information of the RF link is outdated, which is used for both the relay gain adjustment and the PRS procedure. The RF hops are subject to the Rayleigh fading, while the FSO hop is affected by the atmospheric turbulence and the pointing errors. The intensity fluctuations of the optical signal caused by atmospheric turbulence are modeled by the general M&#x00E1;laga (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ \mathcal {M}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) distribution, which takes into account the effect of multiple scattered components. An exact expression for the outage probability is derived. In addition, high-signal-to-noise-ratio approximations are provided, which can be used to efficiently determine the outage probability floor. Numerical results are validated by Monte Carlo simulations, which are used to examine the effects of the system and channel parameters on the RF/FSO system performance.
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spelling doaj-art-58a4199c646b4c13bc9970dd510344d22025-08-20T03:14:53ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552018-01-0110611410.1109/JPHOT.2018.28826118552440Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain RelaysMilica I. Petkovic0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1861-2668Zeljen Trpovski1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8922-7759Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, SerbiaFaculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, SerbiaThis paper presents a unified analysis of the mixed radio-frequency (RF)/free-space optics (FSO) relaying system, with multiple variable-gain amplify-and-forward relays. The partial relay selection (PRS) is employed to select the active relay for further re-transmission. Due to fast fading statistics of the first RF hop, it is assumed that the channel state information of the RF link is outdated, which is used for both the relay gain adjustment and the PRS procedure. The RF hops are subject to the Rayleigh fading, while the FSO hop is affected by the atmospheric turbulence and the pointing errors. The intensity fluctuations of the optical signal caused by atmospheric turbulence are modeled by the general M&#x00E1;laga (<inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$ \mathcal {M}$</tex-math></inline-formula>) distribution, which takes into account the effect of multiple scattered components. An exact expression for the outage probability is derived. In addition, high-signal-to-noise-ratio approximations are provided, which can be used to efficiently determine the outage probability floor. Numerical results are validated by Monte Carlo simulations, which are used to examine the effects of the system and channel parameters on the RF/FSO system performance.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8552440/Free-space optical systemsoutage probabilityoutdated channel state informationpartial relay selectionradio frequency systemsvariable gain relays
spellingShingle Milica I. Petkovic
Zeljen Trpovski
Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays
IEEE Photonics Journal
Free-space optical systems
outage probability
outdated channel state information
partial relay selection
radio frequency systems
variable gain relays
title Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays
title_full Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays
title_fullStr Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays
title_full_unstemmed Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays
title_short Exact Outage Probability Analysis of the Mixed RF/FSO System With Variable-Gain Relays
title_sort exact outage probability analysis of the mixed rf fso system with variable gain relays
topic Free-space optical systems
outage probability
outdated channel state information
partial relay selection
radio frequency systems
variable gain relays
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8552440/
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