Characterization of sub-channel based Malaga atmospheric optical links with real beta parameter

A generalization of the Malaga atmospheric optical communications links treated as a finite number of generalized-K distributed sub-channels is analyzed in terms of outage probability and outage rate when its beta parameter belongs to the set of real numbers. To the best of the author's knowledge, this is the first time that beta is an element of R is considered. The new analytical expressions derived in this paper lead to a new physical and more realistic interpretation of atmospheric optical links, especially in terms of performance.