The influence of dense fog on optical wireless systems, analysed by measurements in Graz for improving the link-reliability

2006 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn 3, Issue , 2006, Pages 154-159

  Leitgeb, E ^a   Sheikh Muhammad, S ^a   Flecker, B ^a   Chlestil, C ^a   Gebhart, M ^b   Javornik, T ^c  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b NXP SEMICONDUCTORS   (Netherlands)

^c JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Availability; Fog attenuation; Free space optics; Light attenuation; Reliability measurement; Snow attenuation; Terrestrial links; Time series analysis

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION EQUALIZERS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

FOG ATTENUATION; FREE SPACE OPTICS; FREE SPACE OPTICS (FSO); LIGHT ATTENUATION; RELIABILITY MEASUREMENTS; SNOW ATTENUATION; TERRESTRIAL LINKS;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

EID: 34250641193     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2006.248424     Document Type: Conference Paper

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