Abstract
Infrared radiation may be used as an alternative to radio for short-range indoor wireless local area networks. Communication using infrared radiation is particularly suitable for military applications as the signal cannot pass through walls. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of an infrared link composed of a multi-beam transmitter and a direction-diversity receiver, employing code combining. Rate-compatible punctured convolutional (RCPC) codes are used to provide an adaptive environment for efficient utilization of channel spectral bandwidth, and to maintain a guaranteed bit-error rate (BER) performance at all receiver positions. It is shown that a BER not exceeding 10-9 with 99% probability can be achieved at bit rates up to a few hundreds of Mbps, at low transmitted power levels.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM |
Pages | 75-79 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Volume | 1 |
State | Published - 2000 |
Event | 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings MILCOM 2000 - Los Angeles, CA, United States Duration: Oct 22 2000 → Oct 25 2000 |
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Other | 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings MILCOM 2000 |
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Country | United States |
City | Los Angeles, CA |
Period | 10/22/00 → 10/25/00 |
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- Civil and Structural Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Adaptive-rate code combining for wireless infrared communications systems employing direction diversity. / Akhavan, K.; Kavehrad, M.; Jivkova, S.
Proceedings - IEEE Military Communications Conference MILCOM. Vol. 1 2000. p. 75-79.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PY - 2000
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N2 - Infrared radiation may be used as an alternative to radio for short-range indoor wireless local area networks. Communication using infrared radiation is particularly suitable for military applications as the signal cannot pass through walls. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of an infrared link composed of a multi-beam transmitter and a direction-diversity receiver, employing code combining. Rate-compatible punctured convolutional (RCPC) codes are used to provide an adaptive environment for efficient utilization of channel spectral bandwidth, and to maintain a guaranteed bit-error rate (BER) performance at all receiver positions. It is shown that a BER not exceeding 10-9 with 99% probability can be achieved at bit rates up to a few hundreds of Mbps, at low transmitted power levels.
AB - Infrared radiation may be used as an alternative to radio for short-range indoor wireless local area networks. Communication using infrared radiation is particularly suitable for military applications as the signal cannot pass through walls. In this paper, we evaluate the performance of an infrared link composed of a multi-beam transmitter and a direction-diversity receiver, employing code combining. Rate-compatible punctured convolutional (RCPC) codes are used to provide an adaptive environment for efficient utilization of channel spectral bandwidth, and to maintain a guaranteed bit-error rate (BER) performance at all receiver positions. It is shown that a BER not exceeding 10-9 with 99% probability can be achieved at bit rates up to a few hundreds of Mbps, at low transmitted power levels.
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