Title :
A software defined free space optics (SD-FSO) platform based on an analog optical frontend
Author :
Gruber, A. ; Muhammad, S. Sheikh ; Leitgeb, E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microwaves & Photonics, Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria
Abstract :
In this concept paper a Free Space Optics (FSO) system based on Software Defined Radio (SDR) technique is being introduced. A hardware platform to implement FSO-Systems which are based on directly modulated light sources and analog optical links has been defined and the major advantages of the software defined architecture were outlined. The software defined radio architecture, when translated to the hardware design of FSO systems, would allow the flexibility of adapting the system to varying weather conditions, thereby increasing the link availability and reliability and hopefully allowing mass deployment.
Keywords :
light sources; optical links; optical modulation; software radio; telecommunication network reliability; SD-FSO Platform; SDR technique; analog optical link frontend; light source modulation; link availability; reliability; software defined free space optics platform; software defined radio technique; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Flexible system architecture; Free-Space Optics (FSO); Laser Diodes (LD); Light Emitting Diodes (LED); Radio Frequency (RF) frontend; Software defined Radios (SDR);
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications (ConTEL), Proceedings of the 2011 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Graz
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-169-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-3-85125-161-6
