Title :
Optical space communications: a key building block for wide area space networks
Author :
Chan, Vincent W S
Author_Institution :
Lab. for Inf. & Decision Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Space laser communications technology has been under development for over thirty years. The technology promises high capacity, low power consumption, light weight, small sizes and low costs for satellite crosslinks. It will be a key and critical building block for wide area space networks, supporting mobile users (terrestrial, airborne and spaceborne), high speed data services for small satellite terminals and serving as a backbone network for high speed trunking
Keywords :
laser beam applications; optical links; satellite links; space communication links; WDM free space optical networks; backbone network; high capacity; high speed trunking; light weight; low cost; low power consumption; optical space communications; satellite crosslinks; small size; space laser communications technology; wide area space networks; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Optical beams; Optical design; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Satellite broadcasting; Space technology;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813466
