RT Conference Proceedings T1 Performance analysis of N-Fisher-Snedecor F fading and its application to N-Hop FSO communications A1 Stefanovic, Caslav A1 Morales Céspedes, Máximo A1 Roka, Rastislav A1 García-Armada, Ana AB The Fisher-Snedecor F distribution has been recently proposed as an experimentally verified and tractable turbulence induced fading model (TIFM) for free space optical (FSO) communications. This paper provides outage probability (OP) and higher-order (HO) performance analysis of the product of N independent but not identically distributed (i.n.i.d) Fisher-Snedecor F random variates (RVs). Accurate and closed-form (C-F) expressions for cumulative distribution function (CDF), level crossing rate (LCR) and average fade duration (AFD) of N-Fisher-Snedecor F distribution are successfully derived. The general property of a Laplace approximation approach for evaluation of N-folded complex integral-form (I-F) LCR expressions has been applied. The obtained statistical results are directly related to the performance evaluation of N-hop FSO communication links over weak, moderate and strong atmospheric turbulence conditions. PB IEEE SN 978-1-7281-7432-7 YR 2021 FD 2021-09-06 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36630 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/36630 LA eng NO Proceedings of: 17th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2021), 06-09 September 2021, Berlin, Germany. NO The authors would like to acknowledge the CONEXPlus project, the Spanish National Project TERESA-ADA (TEC2017-90093-C3-2-R) (MINECO/AEI/FEDER, UE), the KEGA 034STU-4/2021 "Utilization of Web-based Training and Learning Systems at the Development of New Educational Programs in the Area of Optical Wireless Technologies" and the Cost Action CA19111. The CONEX-Plus has received research funding from UC3M and the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 801538. DS e-Archivo RD 1 jul. 2024