High speed wireless IR-LANs using spatial addressing

Author

Street, A.M. ; Samaras, K. ; O´Brien, Dominic C. ; Edwards, D.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng. Sci., Oxford Univ., UK

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

1-4 Sep 1997

Firstpage

969

Abstract

Currently, there is considerable interest in infrared as an alternative medium to radio for indoor wireless communications, particularly for computer networking applications. This paper describes a novel IR-LAN link topology that employs an optical spatial-angular mapping technique which minimizes link losses and facilitates high link rates, whilst maintaining a useful coverage area. Blocking probability effects and overall system performance are examined in terms of aggregate transmission rates

Keywords

network topology; optical communication; optical losses; performance evaluation; probability; wireless LAN; IR-LAN link topology; aggregate transmission rates; blocking probability; computer networking applications; coverage area; high link rates; high speed wireless IR-LAN; indoor wireless communications; link losses minimisation; optical spatial-angular mapping technique; spatial addressing; system performance; Application software; Computer applications; Computer networks; High speed optical techniques; Network topology; Optical computing; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; System performance; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1997. Waves of the Year 2000. PIMRC '97., The 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3871-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1997.627030

Filename

627030