Performance Evaluation of a Hybrid RF/FSO SWIPT Relay System With IRS-Assisted RF Link and UAV-Based Relaying Under Pointing Error Constraints
We propose a hybrid radio-frequency/free-space optical (RF/FSO) communication architecture with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT), where an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) enhances the RF hop and an uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) operates as a decode-and-forward relay. A single-antenna tr...