Free-space optical communications for next-generation military networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 46-51

  Juarez, Juan C ^a   Dwivedi, Anurag ^a   Hammons Jr , A Roger ^a   Jones, Steven D ^a   Weerackody, Vijitha ^a   Nichols, Robert A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS; PROTOCOL STACKS; RADIO FREQUENCIES (RF);

CHANNEL CAPACITY; MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33947184871     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2006.248164     Document Type: Article

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