Towards Energy Neutral Wireless Communications: Photovoltaic Cells to Connect Remote Areas

Autor:	Sovan Das, Enrique Poves, John Fakidis, Adrian Sparks, Stefan Videv, Harald Haas
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	solar energy energy harvesting communication systems optical wireless communications free-space optical communication light communication Technology
Zdroj:	Energies, Vol 12, Iss 19, p 3772 (2019)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	1996-1073
DOI:	10.3390/en12193772
Popis:	In this work, we have designed, developed and deployed the world’s first optical wireless communication (OWC) system using off-the-shelf lasers and solar photovoltaics. Four bidirectional OWC prototypes have been installed on the Orkney Islands of Scotland at a 30 m link distance for the provision of high-speed internet access to two residential properties. The silicon-made solar panels can harvest power up to 5 W from sunlight and they offer data rates as high as 8 Mb/s. Using additional analogue processing, data rates higher than the existing landline broadband connection are achieved. This breakthrough opens the development path to low cost, self-powered and plug-and-play free-space optical (FSO) systems.
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