FPGA-based media converter for FSO links

Author

Poliak, Juraj ; Kubicek, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Radio Electron., Brno Univ. of Technol., Brno, Czech Republic

fYear

2013

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

161

Abstract

The paper summarises basic principles of free-space optical (FSO) links and their applications. Further an experimental FSO platform is presented. Its main purpose is to demonstrate FSO benefits for last-mile interconnect solution, especially for end users. The realized FSO link transceiver based on FPGA is described in detail, including its expected performance characteristics. The main benefit of the proposed FSO link is its simplicity, low-cost design and protocol transparency. The transceiver uses a single Ethernet cable for both data transmission and power supply. This greatly simplifies and speeds up the link installation procedure. Finally, a pair of FSO transceivers with an integrated media converter were built and are currently in the process of testing.

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; local area networks; optical cables; optical links; optical transceivers; Ethernet cable; FPGA; FSO link transceiver; end users; free-space optical links; integrated media converter; last-mile interconnect solution; link installation procedure; Atmospheric modeling; Field programmable gate arrays; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Transceivers; FPGA; LED; ethernet; tree-space optical link;

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.2013.6777798

Filename

6777798