Title :
Comparing the cloud attenuation for different optical wavelengths
Author :
Nadeem, F. ; Awan, M.S. ; Leitgeb, E. ; Khan, M.S. ; Muhammed, S. Sheikh ; Kandus, G.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Broadband Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria
Abstract :
Free Space Optics (FSO) has the tremendous potential to provide multi-gigabits-per-second transmission links for future aerospace applications. However, the widespread growth of the technology is hampered by reduced availability issues related to weather influences on the link. Among different weather attenuations, clouds play an important role by causing link outage up to several hours. In this paper the cloud attenuations by different optical wavelengths are compared on the basis of Mie scattering theory so that the optical wavelengths having high immunity to cloud attenuations can be selected for optical wireless communication links.
Keywords :
Mie scattering; atmospheric light propagation; clouds; meteorology; optical links; Mie scattering theory; cloud attenuation; free space optics; multi-gigabits-per-second transmission links; optical wavelengths; optical wireless communication links; weather; Biomedical optical imaging; Clouds; High speed optical techniques; Mie scattering; Optical attenuators; Optical propagation; Optical scattering; Space technology; Video on demand; Wireless communication; Cloud attenuation; FSO; Line of sight (LoS); Mie scattering; Optical Wavelengths;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies, 2009. ICET 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Islamabad
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5630-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5631-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICET.2009.5353121
