Free space optical communication: challenges and mitigation techniques

H Kaushal, G Kaddoum - arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.04836, 2015 - arxiv.org
In recent years, free space optical (FSO) communication has gained significant importance
owing to its unique features: large bandwidth, license free spectrum, high data rate, easy …

A visible light localization aided optical wireless system

G Cossu, M Presi, R Corsini… - 2011 IEEE …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We report about a Line of Sight Optical Wireless Communication (LoS OWC) system aided
by a simplified Visible Light localization algorithm for tracking purposes. We show …

Autonomous reconfiguration in free-space optical sensor networks

A Desai, S Milner - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This research focuses on the physical and logical control and reconfigurability of network
topologies through intelligent and dynamic rearrangement of nodes in an optical wireless …

Security and privacy for distributed multimedia sensor networks

D Kundur, W Luh, UN Okorafor… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
There is a critical need to provide privacy and security assurances for distributed multimedia
sensor networking in applications including military surveillance and healthcare monitoring …

Indoor high-bandwidth optical wireless links for sensor networks

J Fadlullah, M Kavehrad - Journal of lightwave technology, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emergence of sensor networks for data-procurement in wide-ranging applications, including
defense, medical, environmental and structural health monitoring, has led to development of …

Hybrid free space optical/RF networks for tactical operations

SD Milner, CC Davis - IEEE MILCOM 2004. Military …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We discuss our research and development in high availability, high bandwidth, tactical
communications and networks using hybrid (free-space optical (FSO)) and RF links. To …

Bootstrapping free-space optical networks

F Liu, U Vishkin, S Milner - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a challenging problem in establishing and initially configuring or bootstrapping
a Free Space Optical (FSO) network. In such networks, it is assumed that each …

Free space optical communication in the visible bandwidth for V2V safety critical protocols

R Corsini, R Pelliccia, G Cossu… - 2012 8th …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicular Communication Systems are an emerging type of networks in which vehicles and
roadside units are the communicating nodes, providing each other with information, such as …

Prototyping multi-transceiver free-space optical communication structures

A Sevincer, M Bilgi, M Yuksel… - 2010 IEEE International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless networking has conventionally been realized via radio frequency (RF) based
communication technologies. However, the capacity of these networks are limited by the …

Optimizing performance of hybrid FSO/RF networks in realistic dynamic scenarios

J Llorca, A Desai, E Baskaran… - Free-Space Laser …, 2005 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Hybrid Free Space Optical (FSO) and Radio Frequency (RF) networks promise highly
available wireless broadband connectivity and quality of service (QoS), particularly suitable …