Lunar optical wireless communication and navigation network for robotic and human exploration

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8162, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Arnon, Shlomi ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Laser communication; Lunar exploration; Optical wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC ENVIRONMENTS; ENGINEERING IMPLEMENTATION; HIGH DATA RATE; HIGH DATA RATE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN EXPLORATION; INTRIGUING QUESTIONS; LOW-POWER CONSUMPTION; LUNAR EXPLORATIONS; MOON SURFACE; OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; REMOTE ROBOT; RF TECHNOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC EQUIPMENT; SMALL SIZE; STEPPING STONE;

ASTRONOMY; COMMUNICATION; DATA COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; LUNAR MISSIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NAVIGATION; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL LINKS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SOLAR SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 80053957256     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.893323     Document Type: Conference Paper

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