Free space optical networks: applications, challenges and research directions

S Zafar, H Khalid - Wireless Personal Communications, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Free Space Optics (FSO) is an optical communication technique which
disseminates light in free space such as air, vacuum or celestial space, to wirelessly transfer …

Review on UAV-based FSO links: recent advances, challenges, and performance metrics

A Gupta, D Dhawan, N Gupta - Optical Engineering, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
With the rapid advancements in wireless technology, the incorporation of unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) in free space optical (FSO) communication can reap several benefits …

Secrecy performance analysis in the FSO communication system considering different eavesdropping scenarios

H Wu, D Kang, J Ding, J Yang, Q Wang, J Wu, J Ma - Optics Express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we numerically study the secrecy performance of the free-space optical (FSO)
system by considering different eavesdropping scenarios. More precisely, we considered …

Optical satellite eavesdropping

OB Yahia, E Erdogan, GK Kurt… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, satellite communication (SatCom) systems have been widely used for
navigation, broadcasting application, disaster recovery, weather sensing, and even spying …

Secrecy Performance of FSO Using HD and IM/DD Detection Technique Over F-Distribution Turbulence Channel With Pointing Error

L Han, Y Wang, X Liu, B Li - IEEE Wireless Communications …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work is concerned with the secrecy performance of a free-space optical (FSO)
communication system over Fisher-Snedecor-distribution turbulence fading channel …

Secure turbulence-resistant coherent free-space optical communications via chaotic region-optimized probabilistic constellation shaping

T Wu, W Zeng, Y Liu, S Song, L Zhao, C Chen… - Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We propose a chaotic region-optimized probabilistic constellation shaping (CRPCS)
scheme to enhance the security and the resistance to turbulence for free-space optical …

Performance analysis of differential chaos shift keying in free space optical communication with diversity techniques

G Narang, M Aggarwal, H Kaushal, A Kumar… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper explores the performance of a single input multiple output (SIMO) free space
optical (FSO) communication system using differential chaos shift keying (DCSK) with …

PLS performance analysis of the vertical UWOC system with perfect and imperfect CSI

S Li, P Wang, G Li, X Zhang, H Li, B Zhou, T Yang - Optics Express, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Although underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) receives much interest lately,
security issues associated with it get little attention. In this work, it is the first attempt to …

Optimization of intensity-modulation/direct-detection optical key distribution under passive eavesdropping

K Banaszek, M Jachura, P Kolenderski, M Lasota - Optics Express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
We analyze the theoretically optimal operation of an optical key distribution (OKD) link
based on fine intensity modulation of an optical signal transmitted over an attenuating …

On the secrecy capacity of hybrid FSO-mmWave wiretap channels

SC Tokgoz, S Althunibat, SL Miller… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hybrid Free-Space Optical (FSO) and millimeter Wave (mmWave) systems have emerged as
a promising candidate for high data rate wireless transmissions due to the unique …