Hovering UAV-based FSO communications: Channel modelling, performance analysis, and parameter optimization

JY Wang, Y Ma, RR Lu, JB Wang… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Relay-assisted free-space optical (FSO) communication systems are exploited as a means
to mitigate the limiting effects of the turbulence induced atmospheric scintillation. However …

Outage probability and average BER of UAV-assisted dual-hop FSO communication with amplify-and-forward relaying

G Xu, N Zhang, M Xu, Z Xu, Q Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be harnessed as relay nodes in free-space optical
(FSO) communication systems to realize a flexible and cost-effective approach for delivering …

Modeling and investigation on the performance enhancement of hovering UAV-based FSO relay optical wireless communication systems under pointing errors and …

MR Hayal, EE Elsayed, D Kakati, M Singh… - Optical and Quantum …, 2023 - Springer
This paper investigates and enhances unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) relay-assisted free-
space optics (FSO) optical wireless communication (OWC) systems under the effects of …

UAV-assisted RF/FSO relay system for space-air-ground integrated network: A performance analysis

L Qu, G Xu, Z Zeng, N Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) within UAV-assisted free-space optical
(FSO) communication systems can efficiently accommodate massive connections and …

Comprehensive performance analysis of hovering UAV-based FSO communication system

D Singh, R Swaminathan - IEEE Photonics Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV)-based communications are expected to play an important
role in the future generation wireless communication networks. It is a promising solution to …

Optimal positioning of hovering UAV relays for mitigation of pointing error in free-space optical communications

MS Bashir, MS Alouini - IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The relay positions or hop distances in a multi-hop relaying scheme is an important
parameter that can be optimized in order to mitigate the angle-of-arrival variance or pointing …

UAV-aided cooperation for FSO communication systems

W Fawaz, C Abou-Rjeily, C Assi - IEEE Communications …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Relay-assisted FSO systems were proposed as a means for remedying the effects of the
various atmospheric impairments on the quality of the FSO signal. Conventional relay …

UAV-assisted free space optical communication system with amplify-and-forward relaying

MT Dabiri, S Khankalantary, MJ Piran… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the performance of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based free-space
optical relay system with amplify-and-forward relaying is analyzed. In particular, the …

Statistical modeling of the FSO fronthaul channel for UAV-based communications

M Najafi, H Ajam, V Jamali… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the statistics of the free space optics (FSO) communication
channel between a hovering unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and a central unit. Two unique …

Performance analysis of a UAV-assisted RF/FSO relaying systems for internet of vehicles

G Xu, Z Song - IEEE internet of things journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet of Vehicles (IoV), as a development and complement of the Internet of Thing,
has attracted extensive attention and is expected to play a crucial role in human society with …