Performance analysis of switching based hybrid FSO/RF transmission

Abstract
Hybrid free space optical (FSO)/ radio frequency (RF) systems have emerged as a promising solution for high data rate wireless back haul.We present and analyze a switching based transmission scheme for hybrid FSO/RF system. Specifically, either FSO or RF link will be active at a certain time instance, with FSO link enjoying a higher priority. Analytical expressions have been obtained for the outage probability, average bit error rate and ergodic capacity for the resulting system. Numerical examples are presented to compare the performance of the hybrid scheme with FSO only scenario.

Citation
Usman, M., Yang, H.-C., & Alouini, M.-S. (2014). Performance Analysis of Switching Based Hybrid FSO/RF Transmission. 2014 IEEE 80th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2014-Fall). doi:10.1109/vtcfall.2014.6966119

Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Journal
2014 IEEE 80th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2014-Fall)

Conference/Event Name
80th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2014-Fall

DOI
10.1109/VTCFall.2014.6966119

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