A report on H-FSO/RF antenna measurement for outdoor applications

Author

Abadi, Mojtaba Mansour ; Ghassemlooy, Zabih ; Smith, D. ; Wai Pang Ng

Author_Institution

Northumbria Commun. Res. Lab., Northumbria Univ. Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

fYear

2013

Firstpage

118

Lastpage

122

Abstract

This paper presents a report on experimental set up and results for a hybrid free space optics (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) dual purpose antenna for outdoor applications. The basic design of the antenna is discussed and we present two sets of early experimental results for the signal to noise ratio (SNR) and the Q-factor for the RF and FSO simplex link at the far-field distance of RF antenna, respectively. Over a link span of 15 m the measured SNR and the Q-factor are 45.68 dB and 15.69, respectively, demonstrating the functioning transmission capability of the hybrid FSO/RF link employing the proposed antenna.

Keywords

Q-factor; microwave antennas; optical communication equipment; optical links; radio links; FSO simplex link; H-FSO-RF antenna; Q-factor; RF simplex link; SNR; distance 15 m; far-field distance; hybrid FSO-RF dual purpose antenna; hybrid free space optics-radio frequency dual purpose antenna; signal to noise ratio; transmission capability; Antenna measurements; Antenna radiation patterns; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Receivers; Antenna; Free Space Optics; Hybrid FSO/RF;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW), 2013 2nd International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Newcastle upon Tyne

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWOW.2013.6777790

Filename

6777790