On the Physical Layer Security of a Decode and Forward Based Mixed FSO/RF Co-operative System

In this letter, the secrecy performance of a decode-and-forward (DF) principle based mixed free space optics (FSO) and radio frequency (RF) system is analyzed. The analysis is done from physical layer (PHY) security perspective. Herein, two different eavesdroppers are considered while signal is transmitting from source (S) to destination (D) through a relay (R) point. The FSO based and RF based eavesdroppers are trying to intercept the...