Angle diversity for nondirected wireless infrared communication

Author

Carruthers, Jeffrey B. ; Kahn, Joseph M.

Author_Institution

Boston Univ., MA, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

7-11 Jun 1998

Firstpage

1665

Abstract

We outline the benefits and challenges of using angle diversity in nondirected wireless infrared communications systems. Multiple transmitter beams and multiple narrow-field-of-view receivers reduce the path loss, multipath distortion and background noise of the channel, which leads to improved range. The design and performance of a prototype angle-diversity infrared communication system are discussed. The prototype can maintain 70 Mb/s at a BER of 10^-9 over a 4 m range

Keywords

diversity reception; maximum likelihood detection; multipath channels; optical receivers; optical signal detection; optical transmitters; 4 m; 70 Mbit/s; BER; angle diversity; background noise; maximum likelihood detection; multipath distortion; multiple narrow-field-of-view receivers; multiple transmitter beams; nondirected wireless infrared communication; path loss reduction; performance; system design; Gaussian noise; Infrared detectors; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse shaping; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Propagation losses; Pulse modulation; Sensor arrays; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1998. ICC 98. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4788-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1998.683113

Filename

683113