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Shen TC, Drost RJ, Davis CC, et al. Design of dual-link (wide- and narrow-beam) LED communication systems. Opt Express. 2014;22(9):11107-18doi: 10.1364/OE.22.011107.
Shen, T. C., Drost, R. J., Davis, C. C., & Sadler, B. M. (2014). Design of dual-link (wide- and narrow-beam) LED communication systems. Optics express, 22(9), 11107-18. https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.011107
Shen, Thomas C, et al. "Design of dual-link (wide- and narrow-beam) LED communication systems." Optics express vol. 22,9 (2014): 11107-18. doi: https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.011107
Shen TC, Drost RJ, Davis CC, Sadler BM. Design of dual-link (wide- and narrow-beam) LED communication systems. Opt Express. 2014 May 05;22(9):11107-18. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.011107. PMID: 24921809.
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Opt Express. 2014 May 05;22(9):11107-18. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.011107.

Design of dual-link (wide- and narrow-beam) LED communication systems.

Optics express

Thomas C Shen, Robert J Drost, Christopher C Davis, Brian M Sadler

PMID: 24921809 DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.011107

Abstract

We explore the design of an LED-based communication system comprising two free space optical links: one narrow-beam (primary) link for bulk data transmission and one wide-beam (beacon) link for alignment and support of the narrow-beam link. Such a system combines the high throughput of a highly directional link with the robust insensitivity to pointing errors of a wider-beam link. We develop a modeling framework for this dual-link configuration and then use this framework to explore system tradeoffs in power, range, and achievable rates. The proposed design presents a low-cost, compact, robust means of communication at short- to medium-ranges, and calculations show that data rates on the order of Mb/s are achievable at hundreds of meters with only a few LEDs.

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