Free Space Optics (Abstract)
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Abstract
With the worldwide demand for larger bandwidth & greater mobility there is a rapid advancement
in the area of broadband wireless communications. The high capacity & low loss of optical fiber has seen its
exploding growth in the last few decades in the WAN’s and LAN’s. Free space optical (FSO) wireless
communication has emerged as a viable technology for bridging the gap in existing high data rate fiber
network and as a temporary backbone for rapidly deployable mobile wireless communication
infrastructure.
Free-space optical communication offers the potential to send large amounts of data securely over
moderate distances without the expense of laying fiber-optic cable. The technology is useful where the
physical connection of the transmit and receive locations is difficult. FSO systems represent one of the
most promising approaches for addressing the emerging broadband access market and its “last mile”
bottleneck. These robust systems, which establish communication links by transmitting laser beams
directly through the atmosphere, have matured to the point that mass-produced models are now
available. FSO systems offer many features, principal among them being low start-up and operational
costs, rapid deployment, and high fiber-like bandwidths. FSO systems offer capacities in the range of 100
Mbps to 2.5 Gbps, and demonstration systems report data rates as high as 160 Gbps.
Free space optics (FSO) is a line-of-sight technology that currently enables optical transmission up
to 2.5 Gbps of data, voice, and video communications through the air, allowing optical connectivity without
deploying fiber optic cables or securing spectrum licenses. FSO system can carry full duplex data at giga bits
per second rates over Metropolitan distances of a few city blocks of few kms. FSO, also known as optical
wireless, overcomes this last-mile access bottleneck by sending high –bitrate signals through the air using
laser transmission.
Even though FSOs offer high security as its laser beams cannot be determined with the devices like
spectrum analyzers or RF meters there are some challenges in the implementation of it.
By
G NATA RAJU
(07J81A0426)
