Wireless infrared communications

Author

Kahn, Joseph M. ; Barry, John R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

85

Issue

2

fYear

1997

fDate

2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

265

Lastpage

298

Abstract

The use of infrared radiation as a medium for high-speed short-range wireless digital communication is discussed. Available infrared links and local-area networks are described. Advantages and drawbacks of the infrared medium are compared to those of radio and microwave media. The physical characteristics of infrared channels using intensity modulation with direct detection (IM/DD) are presented including path losses and multipath responses. Natural and artificial ambient infrared noise sources are characterized. Strategies for designs of transmitter and receivers that maximize link signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) are described. Several modification formats are discussed in detail, including on-off keying (OOK) pulse-position modulation (PPM), and subcarrier modulation. The performance of these techniques in the presence of multipath distortion is quantified. Techniques for multiplexing the transmissions of different users are reviewed. The performance of an experimental 50-Mb/s on-off-keyed diffuse infrared link is described

Keywords

amplitude shift keying; digital communication; local area networks; multipath channels; optical links; optical modulation; optical noise; optical receivers; optical transmitters; pulse position modulation; subcarrier multiplexing; wireless LAN; 50 Mbit/s; IM/DD; ambient infrared noise sources; diffuse infrared link; high-speed short-range wireless digital communication; infrared links; intensity modulation with direct detection; link signal-to-noise ratio; local-area networks; multipath distortion; multipath responses; multiplexing; on-off keying; path losses; performance; pulse-position modulation; receivers; subcarrier modulation; transmitter; wireless infrared communications; Digital communication; Infrared detectors; Intensity modulation; Local area networks; Optical fiber communication; Pulse modulation; Radio transmitters; Signal design; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/5.554222

Filename

554222