Title :
Carrier class availability in a transparent 1.25 Gb/s free space optical communication link over 320 m
Author :
Arimoto, Y. ; Chiuchiarelli, A. ; Corsini, R. ; Presi, M. ; Ciaramella, E.
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We realized and monitored over 72 hours a 1.25 Gbit/s FSO link, 320 m long, using novel transparent terminals. For the first time, we obtained 99.9992% availability and derived a statistical analysis of BER and scintillation index.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical communication; optical links; BER; FSO link; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; carrier class availability; free space optical communication link; scintillation index; size 320 m; statistical analysis; transparent terminal; Availability; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Indexes; Meteorology; Optical fiber communication; Statistical analysis; Free-space optical communication; Optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Wireless Communications (IWOW), 2012 International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Pisa
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2733-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2734-3
DOI :
10.1109/IWOW.2012.6349681
