Modulation Schemes
The following is a list of modulation schemes used in FSO and satcom along with a descriptor of each scheme and…
Elastic Optical Networks (EONs)
Elastic optical networks (EONs) are an application of wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) that operates using very small spacings between transmittable frequencies,…
Optical Wireless Communications (OWC)
Overview Optical wireless communications (OWC) is an umbrella term describing any optical communication technology that does not require a hard-wired link…
Atmospheric Interference
[read more and participate on our wiki article here: https://wiki.pathfinderdigital.com/wiki/atmospheric-interference/ ] Overview Atmosphere is the transmission medium for an FSO link. Like…
Adaptive Modulation
Overview Adaptive modulation is a technique used to modify the modulation of a signal based on the characteristics of the channel…
Mobile FSO Platforms
Free Space Optics (FSO) communication is not always stationary. Think of an on-the-ground ground-to-space communication station, such as the ones at…
Advantages of FSO
Overview Free-space optical (FSO) communication systems are a non-fiber-optic based optical communication systems that aim to handle large amounts of data…
Further Industry Development and Testing Required for Free Space Optics
Although OGS (Optical Ground Station) terminals build on the design framework of FSO (Free Space Optics) networks, there are a significant…
Using Site Diversity to Minimize Weather Disturbances
A solution widely adopted to minimize adverse environmental (weather) effects is site diversity which involves deploying OGS (Optical Ground Links) in…
Quality of Service Control
In order to optimize performance, Quality of Service control protocols must be decided upon and implemented to measure data rate, latency,…