Speed Comparison: FSO vs Fiber
Overview Fiber-optic cables must be installed from one point to the next to enable optical communications. The quality of those cables…
Read MoreProject Loon
Overview Google’s project division X has been developing a balloon technology known as Project Loon to increase connectivity across the globe.…
Read MoreCooperative Diversity
Overview Cooperative diversity (CD) is a physical hardware arrangement technique that uses multiple antennas to improve a network’s total channel capacity…
Read MorePhoton-per-Bit Receiver for Deep Space Communications
Overview A team of researchers from the University of Chambers in Sweden has improved satellite receivers for deep space communications by…
Read MoreLuminescent Detector
Overview The Connectivity Lab at Facebook has developed a new kind of optical detector for FSO communication. Their Luminescent Detector is…
Read MoreDeep-Space Optical Communications (DSOC)
Overview DSOC, short for Deep Space Optical Communications, is a NASA laser-based space communications program which is still in the development…
Read MoreDynamic Routing (Adaptive Routing)
Overview Dynamic routing, also called adaptive routing, is a process for optimizing how data is transmitted. It is comparable to taking…
Read MoreETS (Engineering Test Satellite)
Overview Engineering Test Satellite (ETS) is a program name given to certain satellites launched by JAXA (formerly NASDA). The ETS name…
Read MoreAnomalous refraction of optical spacetime wave packets
Overview Ayman Abouraddy and his team at UCF’s College of Optics and Photonics have developed a new type of laser beam…
Read MoreMassachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL)
Overview MIT Lincoln Laboratory (MITLL) occupies 75 acres (20 acres of which are MIT property) on the eastern perimeter of Hanscom…
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