Very High-Speed, Infrared VCSEL-Array Light Wireless Links

摘要(建议编号1201636)智能优点：本研究的目的是证明使用光无线通信和传感技术来实现建筑物内非常高的数据速率、自配置、低复杂度和低功耗的多媒体网络的可行性，该网络不需要指向，使网络具有健壮性和便携友好性。这项工作的智力价值在于开发了10Gbps光无线收发器以及用于数据速率密集型、沉浸式和交互式视听应用的苍眼光接收器，用于教育、医疗协作和公司演示功能，而目前用于这些目的的高清晰度多媒体和视频投影单元通过有线连接到计算机或便携式设备进行操作。该项目将主要侧重于更快、更高效地对各种室内光无线传播环境进行建模和分类，优化和设计光发射机和苍蝇眼接收器，以及评估通信性能指标，如带宽和误码率性能。这项研究的预期结果是一种用于高保真视频传输的概念验证光纤无线系统。广泛影响：这项研究的更广泛影响在几个方面具有变革性。首先，它将为光无线通信产品的更广泛商业化铺平道路，并为包括无线局域网在内的其他可行的光无线应用提供先驱。其次，它将证明一种能够向大型教室和会议观众提供高质量多媒体丰富内容的产品的可行性。预计本研究产生的高带宽、便携友好的光无线通信技术将超越现有技术，在超高带宽光无线网络组件的开发和制造方面处于国内领先地位。因此，美利坚合众国作为一个整体将从出口高科技产品、培训更具全球竞争力的劳动力方面获得经济利益，而其他行业将通过及早使用新产品提高竞争力而受益。这一新的范式将是高速无线前沿的突破。此外，这项研究将有助于教育，纳入光学和无线通信工程的课程，为本科生和研究生提供机会，获得与无线光通信系统设计和网络相关的多学科实践经验。

Abstract (Proposal No.1201636)Intellectual Merit: The objective of this research is to demonstrate feasibility of using optical wireless communications and sensing technologies to implement very high data rate, self-configuring, low-complexity and low-power in-building multimedia networks, that will not require pointing, allowing the network to be robust and portable-friendly. The intellectual merit of this work is in the exploitation of the 10Gbps optical wireless transceivers along with fly-eye optical receivers for data-rate-intensive, immersive and interactive audio-visual applications for educational purposes, medical collaboration and corporate presentation functions, whereas current high-definition multimedia and video projection units that serve these purposes operate through wired connections to a computer or a portable. The project will primarily focus on faster and efficient modeling and categorization of a variety of indoor optical wireless propagation environments, optimization and design of optical transmitters and fly-eye receivers, and assessment of communications performance measures, such as bandwidth and error rate performance. The anticipated result of the research is a proof-of-concept optical wireless system for high-fidelity video transmission.Broader Impacts: The broader impact of this research is transformative in several ways. Firstly, it will pave the way for broader commercialization of optical wireless communication products, and serve as a pioneer for other feasible optical wireless applications including wireless area networking. Secondly, it will prove the feasibility of a product capable of delivering high-quality multimedia-rich content to large classrooms and conference audiences. It is anticipated that the high bandwidth, portable-friendly optical wireless communication technology resulting from this research will leap-frog current technologies, providing domestic leadership in the development and manufacture of ultra-high bandwidth optical wireless network components. Thus the United States of America as a whole will see financial benefits in the form of exporting high tech products, training a more globally competitive workforce, and other industries will benefit through increased competitiveness by making early use of the new products. This new paradigm will be a breakthrough in high-speed wireless frontier. Furthermore, this research will contribute to education by being incorporated into lectures on optics and wireless communications engineering, providing opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to obtain multi-disciplinary hands-on experience on issues related to wireless optical communications system design and networking.