Wireless infrared transmission: How to reach all office space

Author

Gfeller, Fritz ; Hirt, Walter ; de Lange, Martin ; Weiss, Beat

Author_Institution

Zurich Res. Lab., IBM Res. Div., Ruschlikon, Switzerland

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

28 Apr-1 May 1996

Firstpage

1535

Abstract

A highly robust and flexible wireless infrared ad-hoc networking concept “reach-all-space” is presented. Reliable multipoint connectivity is achieved with virtual bandwidth adaptation allowing data rate vs distance trade-offs and graceful throughput degradation under hostile channel conditions. Achievable communication cells under realistic ambient light environments are predicted analytically and verified experimentally for data rates of 125 kbps to 4 Mbps

Keywords

optical communication; performance evaluation; wireless LAN; 125 kbit/s to 4 Mbit/s; ambient light environments; communication cells; data rate; distance; graceful throughput degradation; hostile channel conditions; mobile computers; office space; performance; reach all space; reliable multipoint connectivity; virtual bandwidth adaptation; wireless LAN; wireless infrared transmission; Bandwidth; Collision avoidance; Computer networks; Degradation; Light emitting diodes; Peer to peer computing; Portable computers; Robustness; Telecommunication network reliability; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1996. Mobile Technology for the Human Race., IEEE 46th

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3157-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1996.504015

Filename

504015