Outage Probability of Multiuser Mixed RF/FSO Relay Schemes for Heterogeneous Cloud Radio Access Networks (H-CRANs)

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 27-41

  Alimi, Isiaka A ^a   Monteiro, Paulo P ^a   Teixeira, António L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Atmospheric turbulence; Free space optical communication; Heterogeneous cloud radio access network (H CRAN); Outage performance; Pointing error

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS; OUTAGE PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; POINTING ERRORS; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85019749950     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: 1572834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-017-4413-y     Document Type: Article

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