Abstract
In this paper, the performance of two-way relaying (TWR) multiuser mixed radio frequency/free space optical (RF/FSO) relay networks with opportunistic user scheduling and asymmetric channel fading is studied. First, closed-form expressions for the exact outage probability, asymptotic (high signal-to-noise ration (SNR)) outage probability, and average ergodic channel capacity are derived assuming heterodyne detection (HD) scheme. Additionally, impacts of several system parameters including number of users, pointing errors, and atmospheric turbulence conditions on the overall network performance are investigated. All the theoretical results are validated by Monte-Carlo simulations. The results show that the TWR scheme almost doubles the network ergodic capacity compared to that of one-way relaying (OWR) scheme with the same outage performance. Additionally, the overall diversity order of the network is shown to be affected not only by the number of users, but it is also a function of the pointing error and atmospheric turbulence conditions.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2017 13th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC) |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 1178-1183 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781509043729 |
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| State | Published - Jul 20 2017 |
Bibliographical note
KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01Acknowledgements: This work was supported by the National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (Maarifah)–King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology–through the Science & Technology Unit at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, under Grant 15-ELE4157-04.