Free-Space Optical Link Between Two Ships at Sea
Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany
Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024
Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF
Authors:
Newell, Katherine T.; O'Toole, Michelle P.; Patel, Krunal
Abstract:
Free-space optics offers a promising capability for maritime communications, given favorable weather and robust pointing and tracking. We discuss a prototype system and present data from a link between two ships at sea from 2-12 km with data rates up to 7 Gbps.