Free space optical (FSO) communication can support various unmanned aerial vehicles’ (UAVs) applications that require large capacity data transmission. In order to perform FSO communication between two terminals, it is essential to employ a pointing, acquisition, and tracking (PAT) system with an efficient and optimal performance. We report on the development of a common optical-path-based FSO communication system, tailored for applications in UAVs. The proposed system is equipped with a quadrant photodiode (QPD)-based PAT system without an additional beacon beam subsystem. The presented approach reduced the structural complexity and improved the tracking efficiency for the same size, weight, and power (SWaP). To achieve a robust FSO link in a dynamic UAV environment, the observability and controllability were obtained based on the linearized control according to the incident beam size on the QPD, which was verified by optical simulation and experiments. As a result, the QPD-based PAT system for implementing FSO links demonstrated an up to 4.25 times faster tracking performance. Moreover, the FSO link experimentally confirmed the 1.25 Gbps full-duplex error-free communication at a 50 m distance.
In this paper, we present a sensing device with the optical temperature sensors-based quad receiver (Quad-RX) module and a security module. In addition, in order to prevent cyberattacks on critical national infrastructures and key facilities, we implemented symmetric-key and secure hash algorithm-based hardware security modules in the key elements of the sensing device. A preliminary test was conducted prior to a field trial to verify the performance of the developed sensing device. The accuracy and stability of the sensing device were then verified for 1 month in a field test at facilities for energy storage systems and photovoltaic converters in sewage treatment plants.
We present a full-duplex mobile FSO system that provides a 2.5 Gbps single channel based on the 2.5 GBASE-T standard. We successfully confirm that the data transmitted 2.3 Gbps even in heavy rain and thick smoke.
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