Wireless optical communication system with adaptive data rates and/or adaptive levels of optical power
First Claim
1. A wireless optical communication system for data transmission with at least one transmitting unit for radiating modulated optical signals and at least one receiving unit for receiving said optical signals, characterized by control means comprising:
- means to determine an optimized set of control parameters based on information reflecting the actual bit error rate provided by said receiving unit,means for facilitating the optical wireless exchange of control data between said receiving unit and transmitting unit, andmeans for dynamic adaptation of the data rate of said data transmission to ensure that said actual bit error rate does not exceed a predefined upper limit.
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Abstract
The wireless optical (in particular infrared) communication system with at least one transmitter (75) and one receiver (76) comprises control means (77, 78), which dynamically adapt the data rate and/or the optical power of the transmitter in dependence of signal-to-noise ratio of the receiver. Due to this adjustment, optimized system performance is maintained even under the influence of ambient light which statistically changes the signal-to-noise ratio of the receiver. The best compromise between data rate, bit error rate and transmission range is dynamically determined. The control function is distributed between transmitting and receiving system unit. The control information is communicated via wireless optical communication.
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21 Claims
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1. A wireless optical communication system for data transmission with at least one transmitting unit for radiating modulated optical signals and at least one receiving unit for receiving said optical signals, characterized by control means comprising:
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means to determine an optimized set of control parameters based on information reflecting the actual bit error rate provided by said receiving unit, means for facilitating the optical wireless exchange of control data between said receiving unit and transmitting unit, and means for dynamic adaptation of the data rate of said data transmission to ensure that said actual bit error rate does not exceed a predefined upper limit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless optical communication system for data transmission comprising:
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at least one transmitting unit for radiating modulated optical signals, at least one receiving unit for receiving said optical signals, the recieving unit having a detector for optical radiation which converts optical signals to electrical signals;
an amplifier and a bandpass filter for said electrical signals;
a signal averager which periodically samples incoming electrical signals during a time frame of a predefined duration T1, and superposes said sampled signals of subsequent time frames m times, where m is a predefined integer; and
a decoding system for the extraction of the data from the signals after being processed by the signal averager, anda control means having a means to determine an optimized set of control parameters based on information reflecting the actual bit error rate provided by said receiving unit, means for facilitating the optical wireless exchange of control data between said receiving unit and transmitting unit, and a means for dynamic adaptation of the data rate of said data transmission to ensure that said actual bit error rate does not exceed a predefined upper limit, the control means at least two processors, one being part of the transmitting unit and one being part of the receiving unit, both communicating with each other for setting the data rate of the data transmission in an interactive process based on said control data exchanged wherein the processors communicate via bidirectional wireless optical communication. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for wireless optical data communication between at least one transmitting unit and at least one receiving unit, comprising the steps of,
radiating optical signals from said transmitting unit; -
detecting said optical signals by the receiving unit; determining an optimized set of control parameters based on information reflecting the actual bit error rate of the transmission, optically exchanging control data between said receiving unit and transmitting unit, and dynamically adjusting the data rate of the transmission to ensure that said actual bit error rate does not exceed a predefined upper limit.
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14. A method for wireless optical data communication between at least one transmitting unit and at least one receiving unit, comprising the steps of:
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radiating optical signals from said transmitting unit; detecting said optical signals by the receiving unit; determining an optimized set of control parameters based on information reflecting the actual bit error rate of the transmission, optically exchanging control data between said receiving unit and transmitting unit, and dynamically adjusting the data rate of the transmission to ensure that said actual bit error rate does not exceed a predefined upper limit converting the detected optical signals to electrical signal; amplifying and filtering said electrical signals; sampling said electrical signals during a time frame of predefined duration T1 ; averaging said sampled signals related to m subsequent time frames, m being an integer, and decoding said electrical signals. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A receiving unit for use in a wireless optical communication system comprising:
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a receiver for optical signals, means to determine the actual bit error rate, means facilitating the optical wireless exchange of control data between said receiving unit and a remote transmitting unit, and means to interactively determine an optimized set of control parameters taking into account information reflecting said actual bit error rate.
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21. A receiving unit for use in a wireless optical communication system comprising:
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a receiver for optical signals; means to determine the actual bit error rate; means facilitating the optical wireless exchange of control data between said receiving unit and a remote transmitting unit; means to interactively determine an optimized set of control parameters taking into account information reflecting said actual bit error rate; a detector for optical radiation which converts optical signals to electrical signals; an amplifier and a bandpass filter for said electrical signals; a signal averager which periodically samples incoming electrical signals during a time frame of a predefined duration T1, and superposes said sampled signals of subsequent time frames m times, where m is a predefined integer; and a decoding system for the extraction of the data from the signals after being processed by the signal averager.
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