Maximizing receiver misalignment tolerance in a hybrid wireless system

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6951, Issue , 2008, Pages

  LoPresti, Peter G ^a   Kiister, Casey ^a   Spaunhorst, Sarah ^a   Refai, Hazem ^b  

^a The University of Tulsa   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber bundle; Free space optics; Hybrid; Laser communication; Misalignment; Optical receiver

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRACK PROPAGATION; FIBER OPTICS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS ENGINEERING; SPACE PLATFORMS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

AIRBORNE PLATFORMS; ATMOSPHERIC PROPAGATION; DESIGN PROCESSES; FIBER BUNDLES; FOCAL LENGTHS; FREE SPACES; INFRARED (IR); LARGE AREAS; LARGE CORE FIBERS; LENS RECEIVERS; LIGHT COLLECTION; LINK BUDGETS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL- (OPET); RECEIVER DESIGNS; RELATIVE INSTABILITY; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

LENSES;

EID: 44949206718     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.777442     Document Type: Conference Paper

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