Comparison of Wireless Optical Communication Availability Data and Traffic Data

Author

Nadeem, F. ; Geiger, B. ; Henkel, M. ; Leitgeb, E. ; Awan, M.S. ; Gebhart, M. ; Kandus, G.

Author_Institution

NXP Semicond., Gratkorn

fYear

2009

fDate

26-29 April 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Optical Wireless link provides high bandwidth solution to the last mile access bottleneck. However, an appreciable availability of the link is always a concern. Free Space Optics (FSO) links are highly weather dependent and fog is the major attenuating factor reducing the link availability. However the traffic requirement of a LAN may not require 99.999% availability of FSO at all instants. A hybrid network with intelligent switch over can fulfil the availability and bandwidth requirement. In this paper statistical data of fog and FSO availability in Graz (Austria) has been compared to the traffic data of Technical University Graz (Austria).

Keywords

optical links; telecommunication traffic; Austria; LAN; Technical University Graz; availability data; free space optic links; link availability; local area networks; optical wireless link; statistical data; traffic data; wireless optical communication; Availability; Bandwidth; Frequency; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication traffic; Video on demand; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2009. VTC Spring 2009. IEEE 69th

Conference_Location

Barcelona

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2517-4

Electronic_ISBN

1550-2252

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2009.5073456

Filename

5073456