Free space optical link range determination on the basis of meteorological visibility

Author

DordovÁ, Lucie ; Wilfert, Otakar

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2009

fDate

22-23 April 2009

Firstpage

333

Lastpage

336

Abstract

This work is focused on the free space optical links and the laser beam transmission via atmospheric transmission media. Meteorological visibility is presented in the work as well as Kim and Kruse models for determination of atmospheric attenuation. Model of the free space optical link is briefly described in the paper and typical parameters of the optical wireless link are mentioned. Conception of communication margin is introduced in relation to maximal range of optical wireless link. Communication wavelengths 850 nm and 1550 nm are taken into account in attenuation characteristics calculation.

Keywords

atmospheric light propagation; atmospheric techniques; laser beams; light transmission; meteorology; optical links; visibility; Kim model; Kruse model; atmospheric attenuation determination; atmospheric transmission media; free space optical link range determination; laser beam transmission; meteorological visibility; wavelength 1550 nm; wavelength 850 nm; Lenses; Meteorology; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Optical wireless link; atmospheric transmission media; fog; maximal range; meteorological visibility;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radioelektronika, 2009. RADIOELEKTRONIKA '09. 19th International Conference

Conference_Location

Bratislava

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3537-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3538-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RADIOELEK.2009.5158794

Filename

5158794