Forward prediction of FSO received signal for FSO/RF hybrid network

Author

Nadeem, F. ; Leitgeb, E. ; Awan, M.S. ; Kandus, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Broadband Commun., Graz Univ. of Technol., Graz, Austria

fYear

2009

fDate

9-11 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

196

Lastpage

200

Abstract

The benefits of free space optics (FSO) motivates to use it for future high data rate demanding communication applications. However, widespread growth of the technology has been hampered by reduced availability due to weather influences on the link. The alternate is to use back up RF link for improving the availability. But it requires intelligent switching back and forth between two links. The forward prediction of the received signal strength can greatly improve the performance of such hybrid network. The forward prediction approach has been analyzed using measured FSO attenuation data. The results are analyzed in terms of mean square error.

Keywords

mean square error methods; optical links; FSO attenuation data; FSO received signal; FSO/RF hybrid network; communication applications; forward prediction; free space optics; intelligent switching; mean square error; weather influences; Attenuation; Availability; Biomedical optical imaging; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; RF signals; Radio frequency; Snow; Space technology; Switches; Attenuation; FSO; Forward Prediction; Hybrid network; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Satellite and Space Communications, 2009. IWSSC 2009. International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Tuscany

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4384-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3559-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IWSSC.2009.5286393

Filename

5286393