25th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 3 - 8 September 2006, Hamburg, Germany
Paper ICAS 2006-7.9.1

AVIONIC OPTICAL LINKS FOR HIGH DATA-RATE COMMUNICATIONS

H. Henniger, D. Giggenbach
DLR, Germany

Keywords: mobile high speed communications, free space optics, communication-terminal design, passenger services

In-flight data services for passengers are currently emerging. Due to the large amount of data high speed connection technologies are required. These links with data rates over 100Mbps can be realized using free space optical communications technology. Possibilities, problems and design requirements for avionic free space optical links are discussed.

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