Publication detail

Hybrid FSO/RF Test Link

KOLKA, Z. KINCL, Z. BIOLKOVÁ, V. BIOLEK, D.

Original Title

Hybrid FSO/RF Test Link

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The paper deals with the design of a test link for the characterization of a hybrid Free Space Optical/Radio-Frequency (FSO/RF) atmospheric channel. The ever-increasing demand on broadband connectivity, specifically in the Last-Mile networks, leads to the use of Free-Space optical systems in combination with RF systems above 100 GHz, which are able to reach data rates in the order of 10 Gb/s. However, both systems are strongly influenced by weather conditions. A significant increase in the link availability can be achieved by combining both technologies. An optimum design of such systems requires reliable models of atmospheric channels. The test link presented in this paper is intended for long-term monitoring of atmospheric attenuation and turbulence in the optical band at 850 nm and 1550 nm, and in the millimeter band at 122 GHz. The bandwidth of both measuring systems has been chosen narrow but sufficient for capturing all important phenomena. This results in the dynamical range of nearly 50 dB, which is not available from the RSSI signal of commercial broadband systems.

Keywords

FSO/RF link; atmospheric channel; attenuation; scattering; turbulence

Authors

KOLKA, Z.; KINCL, Z.; BIOLKOVÁ, V.; BIOLEK, D.

RIV year

2012

Released

3. 10. 2012

Publisher

IEEE

Location

Saint Petersburg, Russia

ISBN

978-1-4673-2015-3

Book

Proceedings of Int. Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2012)

Pages from

520

Pages to

523

Pages count

4

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT94904,
  author="Zdeněk {Kolka} and Zdeněk {Kincl} and Viera {Biolková} and Dalibor {Biolek}",
  title="Hybrid FSO/RF Test Link",
  booktitle="Proceedings of Int. Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems (ICUMT 2012)",
  year="2012",
  pages="520--523",
  publisher="IEEE",
  address="Saint Petersburg, Russia",
  doi="10.1109/ICUMT.2012.6459718",
  isbn="978-1-4673-2015-3"
}