Hybrid Radio/Free-Space Optical Design for Next Generation Backhaul Systems

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 2563-2577

  Douik, Ahmed ^a   Dahrouj, Hayssam ^b   Al Naffouri, Tareq Y ^c   Alouini, Mohamed Slim ^c  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b EFFAT UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

backhaul network design; cost minimization; free space optic; Network planning; optical fiber

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS;

BACKHAUL NETWORKS; COST MINIMIZATION; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; FREE SPACE OPTICS; MAXIMUM WEIGHT CLIQUE PROBLEMS; NETWORK PLANNING; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; RELIABILITY CONSTRAINTS;

COSTS;

EID: 84976494402     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2016.2557789     Document Type: Conference Paper

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