Quantize and encode relaying through FSO and Hybrid FSO/RF Links

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2361-2374

  Kumar, Kuldeep ^a,b   Borah, Deva K ^a  

^a New Mexico State University   (United States)

^b QUALCOMM INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Free space optical (FSO) channels; Rayleigh fading; relay channel; soft information forwarding

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); FADING (RADIO); QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RAYLEIGH FADING;

FREE SPACE OPTICAL LINK (FSO); FREE-SPACE OPTICAL; LOG LIKELIHOOD RATIOS (LLR); QUADRATURE-AMPLITUDE MODULATIONS (QAM); RADIO FREQUENCIES; RELAY CHANNELS; RELAYING SCHEMES; SOFT INFORMATION;

RADIO LINKS;

EID: 84933575690     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2343518     Document Type: Article

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