Performance Analysis of a Backscatter-Based Mixed RF/FSO Relay System
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a backscatter-based mixed radio frequency (RF)/free space optical (FSO) relay system where a two-stage tag selection framework is adopted, for which two concrete strategies based on different optimization objectives are provided. As an engineering approximation, we derive the outage probability (OP) under the independence assumption, and further obtain the ergodic capacity upper bound of the system. Simulation results provide insights into the effects of critical parameters on the overall performance.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks
Optical Wireless Communication Technologies
Satellite Communication Systems
Publication details
- Journal / source
- IEEE Communications Letters
- Publisher
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Volume
- 30
- Pages
- 1553–1557
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026