Survey on free space optical communication: A communication theory perspective

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 2231-2258

  Khalighi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Uysal, Murat ^b  

^a Ecole Centrale Marseille   (France)

^b OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

adaptive transmission; channel capacity; channel coding; channel modeling; Free space optical (FSO) communication; hybrid RF FSO systems; optical modulation; optical wireless communication (OWC); relay assisted networks; spatial diversity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CHANNEL CODING; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; DIGITAL TELEVISION; FADING (RADIO); HIGH DEFINITION TELEVISION; INFORMATION THEORY; LIGHT MODULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MEDICAL IMAGING; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MIMO SYSTEMS; MODULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NETWORK LAYERS; QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY; RADIO LINKS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE TRANSMISSION; CHANNEL MODEL; FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; SPATIAL DIVERSITY;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84913587515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2014.2329501     Document Type: Article

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