Title
Hybrid Optical Rf Airborne Communications
Keywords
Communication system field trials; Free-space optical communications; Gigabit communications; Hybrid communication; Long-range communications; Optical turbulence compensation; Radio-frequency (RF) communications
Abstract
The use of hybrid free-space optical (FSO)/radio-frequency (RF) links to provide robust, high-throughput communications, fixed infrastructure links, and their associated networks have been thoroughly investigated for both commercial and military applications. The extension of this paradigm to mobile, long-range networks has long been a desire by the military communications community for multigigabit mobile backbone networks. The FSO communications subsystem has historically been the primary limitation. The challenge has been addressing the compensation of propagation effects and dynamic range of the received optical signal. This paper will address the various technologies required to compensate for the effects referenced above. We will outline the effects FSO and RF links experience and how we overcome these degradations. Results from field experiments conducted, including those from the Air Force Research Laboratory Integrated RF/Optical Networked Tactical Targeting Networking Technologies (IRON-T2) program, will be presented. © 2006 IEEE.
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Publication Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Volume
97
Issue
6
Number of Pages
1109-1127
Document Type
Article
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1109/JPROC.2009.2014969
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
66349119580 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/66349119580
STARS Citation
Stotts, Larry B.; Andrews, Larry C.; Cherry, Paul C.; Foshee, James J.; and Kolodzy, Paul J., "Hybrid Optical Rf Airborne Communications" (2009). Scopus Export 2000s. 12425.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2000/12425