A highly reliable FSO/RF communication system using efficient codes

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2232-2236

  Vangala, Sarma ^a   Pishro Nik, Hossein ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH BANDWIDTH COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CODING; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 39349105123     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.426     Document Type: Conference Paper

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