Long-range laser communication terminals: Technically interesting, commercially incalculable

Haan, Hubertus; Gerken, Martin; Tausendfreund, Marco

doi:10.1109/csndsp.2012.6292696

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“…Prior art has thoroughly investigated the ATP problem for a subset of OWC which deals with very long-range terrestrial, aerial, satellite and lunar communications using visible (~390-750 nm) or near IR band (~750-1600 nm) lasers and highly complicated low-divergence optics: free-space optical communications (FSO) [4]. Despite many successful deployments, while still much lower than those of its RF counterpart, the SWaP and cost figures of FSO ATP are still too large for use in medium-range (<100m) high volume commercial applications like communications for small-payload UAVs [5]. For such applications, another subset of OWC, visible light communications (VLC), can provide feasible low-SWaP and low-cost solutions.…”

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A Low-SWaP, Low-Cost Transceiver for Physically Secure UAV Communication with Visible Light

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Coleri

2019

Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications IV -Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdiscipli

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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are expected to utilize optical wireless technologies alongside radio frequency technologies for reliable, secure and high bandwidth communications. While terrestrial and atmospheric laser-based solutions in the past have achieved physically secure communication with very complex beam tracking/pointing mechanisms with large and costly telescopes, such systems are neither suitable nor necessary for medium-range (<100m) commercial UAV communications. With the proliferation of low-cost solid-state lighting equipment and visible band photodetectors, visible light communications (VLC) offer a low-sizeweight-and-power (SWaP) and low-cost solution. This paper presents a novel low-SWaP and low-cost transceiver for physically secure VLC in medium-range commercial UAV applications. Full implementation details for a proof-of-concept prototype built completely with off-the-shelf components are also reported.

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A Low-SWaP, Low-Cost Transceiver for Physically Secure UAV Communication with Visible Light

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Coleri

2019

Advanced Technologies, Systems, and Applications IV -Proceedings of the International Symposium on Innovative and Interdiscipli

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An Overview of Optical Wireless Communications

Ghassemlooy¹,

Uysal²,

Khalighi³

et al. 2016

Signals and Communication Technology

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PrefaceThe proliferation of wireless communications stands out as one of the most significant phenomena in the history of technology. Wireless devices and technologies have become pervasive much more rapidly than anyone could have imagined and they will continue to be a key element of modern society for the foreseeable future. Today, the term "wireless" is used almost synonymously with radio frequency (RF) technologies as a result of the wide-scale deployment and utilization of wireless RF devices and systems. With the ever-growing popularity of data-heavy wireless communications, the demand for RF spectrum is outstripping supply and the time has come to seriously consider other viable options for wireless communication using the upper parts of the electromagnetic spectrum for applications where access to huge bandwidth is a requirement.Utilization of the optical band of the electromagnetic spectrum for wireless transmission opens doors of opportunity in areas as yet largely unexplored. Optical frequencies range from 300 GHz to 300 petahertz (PHz) and include infrared, visible and ultraviolet bands-a spectral range that dwarfs the 300 GHz that the RF band represents. Optical wireless communication (OWC) systems offer significant technical and operational advantages such as higher bandwidth capacity, robustness to electromagnetic interference, inherent security, low power requirements and unregulated spectrum. Variations of OWC can be employed in a diverse range of communication applications from very short-range (in the order of millimeters) optical interconnects within integrated circuits through outdoor inter-building links (on the order of kilometers) to satellite communications (larger than 10,000 kms).With its significant advantages and wide range of application areas, OWC is one of the most promising current opportunities for high-impact research in the information and communication technology area. However, in many respects, OWC technology is still in its infancy and calls for consolidated research efforts to harness the enormous potential of the optical spectrum for communication applications. With the aim to build a European scientific network on OWC, the COST IC1101 Action "Optical Wireless Communication-An Emerging Technology (OPTICWISE)" was launched in November 2011 for 4 years. COST (European v

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Optical wireless communications — An emerging technology

Uysal

Capsoni

Ghassemlooy³

et al. 2014

2014 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)

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Long-range laser communication terminals: Technically interesting, commercially incalculable

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A Low-SWaP, Low-Cost Transceiver for Physically Secure UAV Communication with Visible Light

A Low-SWaP, Low-Cost Transceiver for Physically Secure UAV Communication with Visible Light

An Overview of Optical Wireless Communications

Optical wireless communications — An emerging technology

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Long-range laser communication terminals: Technically interesting, commercially incalculable

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A Low-SWaP, Low-Cost Transceiver for Physically Secure UAV Communication with Visible Light

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