Title :
System design of tactical communications with Solar Blind Ultraviolet Non Line-of-Sight systems
Author :
Moriarty, Dan ; Hombs, Brandon
Author_Institution :
BAE Syst. Adv. Syst.&Technol., Nashua, NH, USA
Abstract :
Recent advances in component technology now make it possible to exploit of the ultraviolet (UV) spectrum for short range, medium bandwidth, low probability of intercept (LPI) communications. BAE Systems will report on analysis of hardware and phenomenology for the near term application of solar blind ultraviolet non line-of-sight communications (SB UV NLOS Comm). Communications in the presence of radio frequency (RF) interference from Counter-IED jamming is a formidable challenge for our war-fighters on the battlefield of today and the future. Here we discuss approaches to exploit the solar blind (SB) ultraviolet (UV) spectrum to provide a short range (~500m), medium bandwidth (28.8 kbps), non-line-of-sight (NLOS), networked communications system as an alternative to traditional RF communications systems.
Keywords :
military communication; optical communication; RF communication systems; bit rate 28.8 kbit/s; counter LED jamming; distance 0 m to 500 m; low probability of intercept communications; nonline of sight system; radio frequency interference; solar blind ultraviolet spectrum; tactical communication; Batteries; Bit error rate; Decoding; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; Fading; Power system relaying; Protocols; Relays; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Military Communications Conference, 2009. MILCOM 2009. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5238-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5239-2
DOI :
10.1109/MILCOM.2009.5379755
