Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 3, 3060041(2021)

Performance Analysis of a Three-Hop RF/FSO/RF Airborne Communication Link Based on Decode-and-Forward Relaying

Liu Wenya1、*, Wang Xiang1, Zhao Shanghong1, Mu Di1, and Gao Hanghang2
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  • 1College of Information and Navigation, Air Force Engineering University, Xi′an, Shaanxi 710077, China
  • 2294638 Troops, Nanchang , Jiangxi 330000, China
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    Three-hop RF/FSO/RF airborne communication link model
    Outage probability under different turbulence intensities and RF fading conditions
    Outage probability varying with the average RF SNR under a fixed FSO average SNR condition
    Average BER under different modulation schemes and channel fading conditions
    Average BER under different turbulence intensities and RF fading conditions
    Average BER under different modulation schemes and turbulence intensities
    • Table 1. <i>A</i>, <i>B</i> of different modulation schemes

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      Table 1. <i>A</i>, <i>B</i> of different modulation schemes

      SchemeABM
      BPSK1/21
      BFSK1/21/2
      QPSK11/2
      MPSK1sin2(π/M)>4
    • Table 2. System parameters

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      Table 2. System parameters

      ParameterSymbolValue
      FSO link distance (R1‒R2)L/km100
      Laser wavelengthλ/nm1550
      Optical-to-electrical conversion efficiencyR1
      Receiver diameterD/mm200
      BandwidthBband/MHz250
      RF link distance(S‒R1)L1/km70
      RF link distance(R1‒D)L2/km70
      RF carrier frequencyf/GHz60
      Noise power spectral densityN/(dBm · MHz-1)-114
    • Table 3. Atmospheric turbulence parameters

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      Table 3. Atmospheric turbulence parameters

      ParameterCn2σRαβη
      Weak turbulence2.7×10-180.243.641.940.74
      Strong turbulence1.9×10-171.795.540.690.27
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    Liu Wenya, Wang Xiang, Zhao Shanghong, Mu Di, Gao Hanghang. Performance Analysis of a Three-Hop RF/FSO/RF Airborne Communication Link Based on Decode-and-Forward Relaying[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(3): 3060041

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jul. 9, 2020

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Mar. 12, 2021

    The Author Email: Wenya Liu (kylinlwy@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0306004

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