Performance Analysis of a Three-Hop Heterogeneous Space–Air–Sea Communication System with Adaptive Combining for Mixed FSO/RF and UWOC Transmission
To meet the growing demand for reliable space–air–sea-integrated communications and underwater information backhaul, this paper proposes and analyzes a three-hop heterogeneous space–air–sea communication system consisting of a satellite, a high-altitude platform (HAP), a sea-surface buoy, and an autonomous underwater v...