WO2001006663A3 - System and method for optical wireless communication - Google Patents

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WO2001006663A3
WO2001006663A3 PCT/US2000/018200 US0018200W WO0106663A3 WO 2001006663 A3 WO2001006663 A3 WO 2001006663A3 US 0018200 W US0018200 W US 0018200W WO 0106663 A3 WO0106663 A3 WO 0106663A3
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum

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A system and method for optical wireless communication with fading resistance. A delayed diversity approach reduces fading significantly. Data is sent in a set of light signals (also called diverse light signals) which each have a different polarization and/or a different wavelength. The diverse light signals are also temporally different in that they are transmitted in a delayed fashion with respect to one another (Figure 3A). In this way, each light signal is carried over a different, uncorrelated 'channel' through the atmosphere. At a receiver, original data in each received light signals is temporally adjusted and combined into a single output data signal (Figure 4B). The accuracy of each bit in the output data signal is then due to the reception of the combined diverse light signals. In this way, even if fading occurs in one channel (effecting one diverse light signal), a combined output data signal can still be generated at relatively high accuracy from the original data carried in one or more of the other diverse light signals.
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