A precise pointing technique for free space optical networking

Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Shim, Yohan ^a   Milner, Stuart D ^a   Davis, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR SENSORS; DEAD RECKONING (DR); FREE-SPACE OPTICAL (FSO); FREE-SPACE OPTICAL COMMUNICATION (FSOC); MOBILE NODE (MN); NAVIGATION IN FORMATION; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS; POINTING , ACQUISITION , AND TRACKING (PAT); POINTING ACCURACY; REAL TIME KINEMATIC (RTK) GPS; TEST BEDS;

MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; OPTICAL LINKS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTONICS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRANSCEIVERS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 47949099117     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MILCOM.2007.4454831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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