AU2002254676A1 - Method and apparatus for aligning optical wireless links - Google Patents

Method and apparatus for aligning optical wireless links

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AU2002254676A1
AU2002254676A1 AU2002254676A AU2002254676A AU2002254676A1 AU 2002254676 A1 AU2002254676 A1 AU 2002254676A1 AU 2002254676 A AU2002254676 A AU 2002254676A AU 2002254676 A AU2002254676 A AU 2002254676A AU 2002254676 A1 AU2002254676 A1 AU 2002254676A1
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Prior art keywords
wireless links
optical wireless
aligning optical
aligning
links
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Abandoned
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AU2002254676A
Inventor
Mark David Hagen
Mark David Heminger
Karl Kirk Northrup
Eric Gregory Oettinger
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Texas Instruments Inc
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Texas Instruments Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/940,763 external-priority patent/US6915080B2/en
Application filed by Texas Instruments Inc filed Critical Texas Instruments Inc
Publication of AU2002254676A1 publication Critical patent/AU2002254676A1/en
Abandoned legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/114—Indoor or close-range type systems
    • H04B10/1143—Bidirectional transmission
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/11—Arrangements specific to free-space transmission, i.e. transmission through air or vacuum
    • H04B10/112—Line-of-sight transmission over an extended range
    • H04B10/1123—Bidirectional transmission
    • H04B10/1127—Bidirectional transmission using two distinct parallel optical paths
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/40—Transceivers
AU2002254676A 2001-04-20 2002-04-19 Method and apparatus for aligning optical wireless links Abandoned AU2002254676A1 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (5)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US28546101P 2001-04-20 2001-04-20
US09/940,763 US6915080B2 (en) 2000-09-20 2001-08-27 Method and apparatus for aligning optical wireless links
US09/940,763 2001-08-27
PCT/US2002/012436 WO2002086555A2 (en) 2001-04-20 2002-04-19 Method and apparatus for aligning optical wireless links
US60/285,461 2009-12-10

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AU2002254676A1 true AU2002254676A1 (en) 2002-11-05

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EP (1) EP1389371A4 (en)
AU (1) AU2002254676A1 (en)
WO (1) WO2002086555A2 (en)

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WO2002086555A2 (en) 2002-10-31
WO2002086555A3 (en) 2003-03-13
EP1389371A2 (en) 2004-02-18
EP1389371A4 (en) 2006-11-08

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MK6 Application lapsed section 142(2)(f)/reg. 8.3(3) - pct applic. not entering national phase