For acquisition of narrow-beam free-space optical (FSO) terminals, a Global Positioning System (GPS) is typically required for coarse localization of the terminal. However, the GPS signal may be shadowed, or may not be present at all, especially in rough or unnameable terrains. In this study, we propose a lidar-assisted acquisition of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for FSO communications in a poor GPS environment. Such an acquisition system consists of a lidar subsystem and an FSO acquisition subsystem: The lidar system is used for coarse acquisition of the UAV, whereas, the FSO system is utilized for fine acquisition to obtain the UAV’s accurate position. This study investigates the optimal allocation of energy between the lidar and FSO systems to minimize the acquisition time. Here, we minimize the average acquisition time, and maximize the cumulative distribution function of acquisition time for a fixed threshold. We learn that an optimal value of the energy allocation factor exists that provides the best performance of the proposed system.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:kaust.edu.sa/oai:repository.kaust.edu.sa:10754/691173 |
| Date | 10 April 2023 |
| Creators | Liu, Heyou |
| Contributors | Alouini, Mohamed-Slim, Computer, Electrical and Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, Ooi, Boon S., Shamim, Atif |
| Source Sets | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | 2024-04-19, At the time of archiving, the student author of this thesis opted to temporarily restrict access to it. The full text of this thesis will become available to the public after the expiration of the embargo on 2024-04-19. |
| Relation | N/A |
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