STTR Phase I: TeraLink - Next Generation Free Space Optical Communications System

STTR 第一阶段：TeraLink - 下一代自由空间光通信系统

• 批准号: 1622777
• 负责人: Robert Bock
• 金额: $ 22.48万
• 依托单位: R-DEX Systems
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2016
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2016-07-01 至 2017-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1622777&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; TeraLink; Next; Generation

The broader impact/commercial potential of this project will be the development of a high speed and reliable wireless technology that will enable telecommunications and wireless network operators to keep up with society?s bandwidth and information needs. The tremendous growth of multimedia users and Internet traffic has placed a significant strain on existing communication networks. Over three billion people are connected to the Internet globally and the explosion of mobile devices will continue to accelerate the worldwide growth of Internet connectivity. Mobile network operators and other commercial and government entities with large transmission requirements for backhaul and access network applications need low cost and reliable high speed data transmission solutions. Whereas fiber is the preferred solution, it is often not practical and sometimes even impossible to install. The proposed technology will provide an ultra-high capacity wireless communications solution for advanced and developing countries that will provide an unprecedented combination of bandwidth and range to meet the next generation?s service needs of carriers, enterprises and government agencies around the world.This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will demonstrate the technical feasibility of a commercial Free Space Optical (FSO) communications system that provides multi-Terabit per second data transmission capacity over long ranges. Specifically, the team will build on its numerous refereed publications for combining Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), Polarization Division Multiplexing (PDM), and Orbital Angular Momentum (OAM) multiplexing to address the technical hurdles that must be overcome to transform the scientific results into a commercial product for the wireless communications industry. Leveraging both experiments and simulation, the team will demonstrate how to achieve real-time performance within a price point and form factor suitable for a commercial product. With the successful completion of Phase I, the team will lay the foundation for Phase II by significantly advancing the readiness of the proposed technology and strengthening and validating its commercial position.

该项目更广泛的影响/商业潜力将是开发一种高速可靠的无线技术，使电信和无线网络运营商能够跟上社会的步伐。的带宽和信息需求。多媒体用户和因特网业务的巨大增长对现有通信网络造成了巨大的压力。全球有超过30亿人连接到互联网，移动的设备的爆炸式增长将继续加速互联网连接的全球增长。对于回程和接入网络应用具有大的传输要求的移动的网络运营商和其他商业和政府实体需要低成本和可靠的高速数据传输解决方案。虽然光纤是首选的解决方案，但它通常不实用，有时甚至不可能安装。拟议的技术将提供一个超高容量的无线通信解决方案，先进和发展中国家，将提供前所未有的组合带宽和范围，以满足下一代？这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一期项目将展示商业自由空间光（FSO）通信系统的技术可行性，该系统可提供每秒数太比特的长距离数据传输容量。具体而言，该团队将在其众多参考出版物的基础上，结合波分复用（WDM），偏振分复用（PDM）和轨道角动量（OAM）复用，以解决必须克服的技术障碍，将科学成果转化为无线通信行业的商业产品。利用实验和模拟，该团队将演示如何在适合商业产品的价格点和外形尺寸内实现实时性能。随着第一阶段的成功完成，该团队将通过显着推进拟议技术的就绪性并加强和验证其商业地位，为第二阶段奠定基础。