Angle Diversity to Combat the Ambient Noise in Indoor Optical Wireless Communication Systems

International Journal of Wireless Information Networks

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 275-288

  Valadas, Rui T ^a,b,c   Tavares, António R ^a   De Oliveira Duarte, A M ^a,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^c University of Aveiro ^*  (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICAÇÕES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ambient light noise; Angle diversity; Wireless infrared

Indexed keywords

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); DIVERSITY RECEPTION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RADIO RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

AMBIENT LIGHT NOISE;

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031247241     PISSN: 10689605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018828410565     Document Type: Article

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