Gigabit optical wireless: Results and future challenges

Free-space optical links can achieve rates above 1Gbit/s, but achieving the coverage required for indoor optical wireless systems is challenging. We show results demonstrating bidirectional Gbit Ethernet transmission over 3–4m, and discuss future directions for this work.

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