Symbol Error Rate Analysis of Satellite Communication Systems with SAG-FSO/SH-FSO/RF Transmission

Ramy Samy, Hong Chuan Yang, Tamer Rakia, Mohamed-Slim Alouini

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Abstract

The satellite communication (Satcom) community is exploring the license-free optical spectrum to support the growing traffic demand in a cost-effective manner. However, free-space optical (FSO) communications are vulnerable to atmospheric turbulence, pointing errors, and weather effects. Space-air-ground (SAG) FSO transmission and hybrid single-hop (SH) FSO/radio frequency (RF) transmission are promising solutions to improve the performance of FSO links and can be integrated into a Satcom system. In this work, we carry out a thorough error rate analysis of the resulting integrated SAG-FSO/SH-FSO/RF Satcom system, where Gamma-Gamma and Rician distributions are used to characterize FSO and RF links, respectively. The exact analytical expressions are derived and validated by Monte-Carlo simulations. The numerical results highlight the significant potential of the integrated SAG-FSO/SH-FSO/RF Satcom system over existing solutions.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGLOBECOM 2022 - 2022 IEEE Global Communications Conference
PublisherIEEE
Pages431-436
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781665435406
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 11 2023

Bibliographical note

KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2023-03-02
Acknowledgements: This work was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery grant.

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