Performance Analysis of a Three-Hop RF/FSO/RF Airborne Communication Link Based on Decode-and-Forward Relaying

Liu Wenya; Wang Xiang; Zhao Shanghong; Mu Di; Gao Hanghang

doi:10.3788/LOP202158.0306004

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