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Multiuser Diversity Scheduling: A New Perspective on the Future Development of FSO Communications

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In this chapter, the multiuser diversity scheduling, as a well-known effective RF technique, is extended to the point-to-multipoint Free-Space Optics (FSO) networks where the data transmission experiences the atmospheric-induced turbulence fading. In particular, the limitations on adapting this method to FSO systems along with their solutions are discussed and addressed. Average throughput and latency performances of different scheduling protocols including Round-Robin, Opportunistic Round-Robin, Select-Max, and best user selection are investigated and compared.

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Notes

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    The intensity scintillation index or the normalized variance of intensity fluctuations is one of the major parameters in analyzing the effect of the atmospheric turbulence-induced fading on the emitted beam.

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    In the RRS scheme, all users are served in a round-robin fashion and through assigning the same time allocation regardless of the channel gain between the central node and each user.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran

    Jamshid Abouei

  2. Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Bardsir Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran

    Seyyed Saleh Hosseini

  3. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, M5S 3G4, Canada

    Konstantinos N. Plataniotis

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  1. Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Özyeğin University, İstanbul, Turkey

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    Carlo Capsoni

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Environment, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, United Kingdom

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Abouei, J., Hosseini, S.S., Plataniotis, K.N. (2016). Multiuser Diversity Scheduling: A New Perspective on the Future Development of FSO Communications. In: Uysal, M., Capsoni, C., Ghassemlooy, Z., Boucouvalas, A., Udvary, E. (eds) Optical Wireless Communications. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30201-0_24

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