Alignment and tracking of a free-space optical communications link to a UAV

AIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Harris, Alan ^a   Sluss Jr , James J ^a   Refai, Hazem H ^a   LoPresti, Peter G ^b  

^a University of Oklahoma   (United States)

^b The University of Tulsa Tulsa   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; LASER BEAMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; TRACKING (POSITION); UNMANNED VEHICLES;

GROUND-TO-AIR LINKS; SIMULATION PORTIONS; TRACKING FUNCTIONS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33746284824     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/DASC.2005.1563300     Document Type: Conference Paper

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