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The authors tested a method called data interleaving to improve free-space optical communication between buildings 4.6 kilometers apart in a city. They found that this method significantly lowered the chances of communication outages by 100 times. Their study also showed how the weather conditions and the length of interleaving affect how fast data can be sent reliably. This helps in designing stronger and more dependable optical communication systems for urban environments.
data interleavingfree-space optical communicationurban testbedturbulenceoutage probabilitydata rateoptical linksystem robustnesssignal fading
Authors
Kadir Gümüş, Vincent van Vliet, Menno van den Hout, Thomas Bradley, Eduward Tangdiongga, Chigo Okonkwo
Abstract
We present an experimental study of data interleaving for terrestrial free-space optical communication over a 4.6~km urban testbed. Results demonstrate a two-order-of-magnitude reduction in outage probability. A dependency between measured turbulence strength, interleaver length, and achievable data rate is revealed, enabling robust system design.