TY - JOUR
T1 - Retrofitting FSO Systems in Existing RF Infrastructure: A Non-Zero-Sum Game Technology
AU - Trichili, Abderrahmen
AU - Ragheb, Amr
AU - Briantcev, Dmitrii
AU - Esmail, Maged A.
AU - Altamimi, Majid
AU - Ashry, Islam
AU - Ooi, Boon S.
AU - Alshebeili, Saleh
AU - Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2021-11-29
Acknowledgements: Figure 1 was produced by Heno Hwang, a scientific illustrator at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
(KAUST).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Progress in optical wireless communication (OWC) has unleashed the potential to transmit data in an ultra-fast manner without incurring large investments and bulk infrastructure. OWC includes wireless data transmissions in three optical sub-bands; ultraviolet, visible, and infrared. This paper discusses installing infrared OWC, known as free space optics (FSO), systems on top of installed radio frequency (RF) networks for outdoor applications to benefit from the reliability of RF links and the unlicensed broad optical spectrum, and the large data rates carried by laser beams propagating in free space. We equally review commercially available solutions and the hardware requirements for RF and FSO technology co-existence. The potential of hybrid RF/FSO for space communication is further discussed. Finally, open problems and future research directions are presented.
AB - Progress in optical wireless communication (OWC) has unleashed the potential to transmit data in an ultra-fast manner without incurring large investments and bulk infrastructure. OWC includes wireless data transmissions in three optical sub-bands; ultraviolet, visible, and infrared. This paper discusses installing infrared OWC, known as free space optics (FSO), systems on top of installed radio frequency (RF) networks for outdoor applications to benefit from the reliability of RF links and the unlicensed broad optical spectrum, and the large data rates carried by laser beams propagating in free space. We equally review commercially available solutions and the hardware requirements for RF and FSO technology co-existence. The potential of hybrid RF/FSO for space communication is further discussed. Finally, open problems and future research directions are presented.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/669218
UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9627126/
U2 - 10.1109/OJCOMS.2021.3130645
DO - 10.1109/OJCOMS.2021.3130645
M3 - Article
SN - 2644-125X
SP - 1
EP - 1
JO - IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
JF - IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
ER -