Optimized link model for optical communications through clouds

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5550, Issue , 2004, Pages 170-181

  Hahn, Daniel V ^a   Duncan, Donald D ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; BER; Clouds; Field of view; Model; Optical communication; Optical thickness; Probability

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIT ERROR RATE; CLOUDS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY; WEATHER SATELLITES;

FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); OPTICAL THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION BANDWIDTH;

OPTICAL LINKS;

EID: 14944360705     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.549647     Document Type: Conference Paper

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