NDLI: TeraHertz operational reachback (THOR) a mobile free space optical network program

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Stadler, B. Duchak, G.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	The DARPA teraHertz operational reachback (THOR) program developed and assessed a suite of technologies for application in a mobile ad-hoc free space optical communication system. The notional THOR system includes airborne and ground based full duplex active terminals and passive optical terminals that form the physical layer of a high speed ad hoc mobile optical network. THOR consists of airborne terminals networked to form a communications backbone transmitting and receiving data at 2.5Gbps as well as passive optical terminals connected as high speed edge devices with a data rate of 200Mbps. The operational objective is to enable high data rate communications between a combat theater command post and an edge terminal linked to the global information grid (GIG) located outside of theater. DARPA investments were made in compact electro-optic beam steering devices to decrease the size and weight of optical terminals, high-speed high sensitivity (-47dBm) detectors, and high power (50W) modulating laser sources. Passive optical terminal technology investments focused on highspeed modulating quantum well focal plane arrays for integration with wide field of view +/-15 degree cat's eye optical systems to enable high speed modulating retro reflectors. Networking technologies included protocol assessments and quality of service algorithms to maintain low latency data transfer over unreliable optical data channels while maintaining data rates in the 2.5Gbps range. Analysis and network simulation results demonstrated that with multiple redundant links an all-optical network could operate with atmospheric weather conditions consisting of 80% broken cloud cover.
Sponsorship	Aerosp. and Electron. Syst. Soc
File Size	978340
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780381556
ISSN	1095323X
DOI	10.1109/AERO.2004.1367948
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2004-03-06
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Optical fiber networks High speed optical techniques Optical sensors Optical modulation Space technology Mobile communication Optical devices Investments Integrated optics Optical arrays
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Aerospace Engineering Space and Planetary Science

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