DE69735357D1 - Punkt-zu-mehrpunkt weitbereichskommunikationsnetz durch atmosphärische laserübertragung mittels eines entfernten optischen routers - Google Patents

Punkt-zu-mehrpunkt weitbereichskommunikationsnetz durch atmosphärische laserübertragung mittels eines entfernten optischen routers

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DE69735357D1
DE69735357D1 DE69735357T DE69735357T DE69735357D1 DE 69735357 D1 DE69735357 D1 DE 69735357D1 DE 69735357 T DE69735357 T DE 69735357T DE 69735357 T DE69735357 T DE 69735357T DE 69735357 D1 DE69735357 D1 DE 69735357D1
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L Panak
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L5/00—Arrangements affording multiple use of the transmission path
    • H04L5/14—Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex
    • H04L5/16—Half-duplex systems; Simplex/duplex switching; Transmission of break signals non-automatically inverting the direction of transmission
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/112—Line-of-sight transmission over an extended range
    • H04B10/1121—One-way transmission
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/112—Line-of-sight transmission over an extended range
    • H04B10/1123—Bidirectional transmission
    • H04B10/1125—Bidirectional transmission using a single common optical path
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/112—Line-of-sight transmission over an extended range
    • H04B10/1123—Bidirectional transmission
    • H04B10/1127—Bidirectional transmission using two distinct parallel optical paths
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US08/625,725 US5786923A (en) 1996-03-29 1996-03-29 Point-to-multipoint wide area telecommunications network via atmospheric laser transmission through a remote optical router
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