Laser Communication Between Mobile Platforms

Sofka, Jozef; Nikulin, Vladimir V.; Skormin, Victor A.; Hughes, David H.; Legare, David

doi:10.1109/taes.2009.4805283

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“…Lasers incur relatively lower cost and higher functional flexibility (Brogardh, 2009); lightweight, accurate, and highly reliable (Ishii, Zhao, Inami, Igarashi, & Imai, 2009); can have wider bandwidth, lower power requirements, and increased potential for covert data links in comparison with radio-based systems (Sofka, Nikulin, Skormin, Hughes, & Legare, 2009). Lasers can enable better tracking (Luber, Tipaldi, & Arras, 2011) and have inherent precision which results in better functionalities for precise collaboration.…”

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“…Research shows that laser technology can enable the use of relatively higher bandwidth, lower power requirements, and increased potential for covert data links, in comparison with radio-based systems (Sofka et al, 2009). Currently, communication requires a visual contact between the robot transmitter and the robot receiver.…”

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“…Furthermore, such systems need to resolve disturbances from optical platform vibrations and other atmospheric disturbances. The solutions proposed to compensate for these problems are based on: using gimbals and gyroscopes (Marins, Xiaoping, Bachmann, McGhee, & Zyda, 2001); Omni-directional sensor assembly (Rosheim & Sauter, 2002); high-speed nonmechanical laser beam steering devices (Nikulin, Khandekar, Sofka, & Mecherle, 2006); and a feedforward vibration rejection systems (Sofka et al, 2009).…”

Section: Collaboration Support Function 4: Laser Communicationmentioning

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“…After twenty years research, developed countries USA already realized laser communication technology between satellites and ground [2][3][4]. China has also launched the space optical communication research.…”

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Design of Fuzzy Control for Tracking in Free Space Optical Communication

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Li²,

Chen³

2018

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Abstract. In order to track the beacon facular precisely in real time, a new method based on the self adjusting fuzzy-PID control is presented, which is suitable for ATP (acquisition, tracking, pointing) servo system for optical space communication. The advantages of fuzzy control and traditional PID control were combined in this method. The design method of fuzzy-PID controller is discussed. The design and simulation of the system were implemented by using the fuzzy control tool box in MATLAB. The comparison of the obtained result with that of the conventional PID controller was carried out. The simulation results show that the system is much better than the conventional PID controller, and the LOS (liner of light) stability of ATP system is improved.

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“…The documents available demonstrate that recent studies on optical communication between satellites and ground are still limited to ground simulation tests, in which the light beacons are initially acquired by large scaled optical antenna scanning and the classical or modified PID control algorithm is adopted normally [5][6][7][8] . But these methods are slow in acquisition and with poor dynamic performance in practical deployment.…”

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Research on the acquisition and tracking simulation system of light beacon in satellite-ground optical communications

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Huang

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Optoelectron. Lett.

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The study on the acquisition and tracking simulation system in satellite-ground optical communications is presented here. By applying global positioning system (GPS) coordinate calculation, the time needed in initial acquisition of light beacon can be reduced largely. Smith predictor is applied to compensate the mechanical hysteresis of tracking system and to improve the dynamic performance of the system. Tracking experiments over a 16 km distance on the ground are conducted to verify the tracking of light beacon in satellite-ground optical communications. The standard deviation of horizontal coordinates is 35.3568 rad and the maximum offset is 209.3675 rad in stable tracking.

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Laser Communication Between Mobile Platforms

Cited by 24 publications

References 6 publications

A review and framework of laser-based collaboration support

A review and framework of laser-based collaboration support

Design of Fuzzy Control for Tracking in Free Space Optical Communication

Research on the acquisition and tracking simulation system of light beacon in satellite-ground optical communications

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