Building blocks for mobile free-space-optical networks

被引：25

作者：

Akella, J ^{[1
]}

Liu, C ^{[1
]}

Partyka, D ^{[1
]}

Yuksel, M ^{[1
]}

Kalyanaraman, S ^{[1
]}

Dutta, P ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Rensselaer Polytech Inst, Dept Elect Comp & Syst Engn, Troy, NY 12180 USA

来源：

2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WIRELESS AND OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS | 2005年

关键词：

D O I：

10.1109/WOCN.2005.1436011

中图分类号：

TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0809 ;

摘要：

Existence of line of sight (LOS) and alignment between the communicating antennas are one of the key requirements for free-space-optical (FSO) communication. To ensure uninterrupted data flow, auto-aligning transmitter and receiver modules are necessary. We propose a new optical antenna design that employs spherical antennas covered with transmitter and receiver modules for maintaining optical links even when antennas are in relative motion. In this paper, for proof-of-concept, we design and test an auto-configurable circuit integrated with light sources and detectors placed on spherical surfaces. We also perform simulation-based analysis of these multi-element FSO modules that can enable mobility and high bandwidth in wireless, particularly indoor, networks. Broader impact of our work is to make FSO communication technology widely applicable in mobile, ad-hoc, and multi-hop wireless networks.

引用

页码：164 / 168

页数：5

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