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Multipoint free-space optics system for short-range communications between flight platforms.

Kiang Huat Heng¹, Wen-De Zhong, Tee Hiang Cheng

¹School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798. heng0085@ntu.edu.sg

|January 12, 2010

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Free-space optics (FSO) transceivers are unsuitable for multipoint communications on flight platforms. A novel multipoint FSO system design offers power, weight, and size advantages for concurrent communication.

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Area of Science:

Optical Engineering
Aerospace Communications
Wireless Technology

Background:

Typical free-space optics (FSO) transceivers face challenges in multipoint communication scenarios on flight platforms like satellites and UAVs.
Existing FSO solutions are inadequate for concurrent multipoint communications, limiting their application in clustered aerial systems.

Purpose of the Study:

To address the limitations of conventional FSO transceivers for multipoint communications on flight platforms.
To propose and evaluate a novel multipoint FSO system design optimized for concurrent communication.

Main Methods:

Discussion of problems associated with using typical FSO transceivers in clustered flight platform environments.
Detailed design of a proposed multipoint FSO system.
Performance evaluation of the multipoint receiver, focusing on receive gain under various conditions.

Main Results:

Identified unsuitability of standard FSO transceivers for concurrent multipoint communications on flight platforms.
Demonstrated the feasibility of the proposed multipoint FSO system design.
Quantified receiver performance in terms of receive gain.

Conclusions:

The proposed multipoint FSO system design provides a viable solution for concurrent multipoint communications on flight platforms.
The new design offers significant power, weight, and size advantages over using multiple individual transceivers.